Henry Anderson (footballer) explained

Henry Anderson
Fullname:	Henry Edmund Anderson
Birth Date:	23 May 1892
Birth Place:	Ararat, Victoria
Death Place:	Armadale, Victoria^[1]
Originalteam:	Kerang
Height:	170 cm
Statsend:	1913
Years1:	1913
Games Goals1:	6 (0)

Henry Edmund Anderson (23 May 1892 – 30 October 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

He later enlisted for service in World War I, serving in the 23rd and 65th Battalions before being transferred to the Employment Company.^[3] Anderson was hospitalised several times and also went AWOL several times during his four years of service.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 25,032 . Victoria, Australia . 1 November 1926 . 1.
2. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 21.
3. Web site: Henry Edmund Anderson – Discovering Anzacs . National Archives of Australia.
4. Book: Cullen, Barbara . Harder than football : league players at war . 2015 . 111 . 2015 . Richmond, Victoria . Slattery Media Group . 978-0-992379-14-8.