Private JOHN ANDERSON
Date of birth: April 1886
Place of brith: Isle of Lewis
Height: 5 ft 6½ in
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Fair
Religion: Presbyterian
Trade / occupation: Shoesmith
Last address in Lewis: Stornoway
Not married
Military unit: 16th Canadians (Canadian Army Medical Corps)
Service number: 536451
Volunteered at St John NB on 28 February 1917
Date of death: 27 June 1918 at the age of 32
Cause of death: Drowned in sinking of hospital ship Llandovery Castle
Memorial: Halifax Memorial, panel 2
The Llandovery Castle, which measured 11,423 GRT, was en route from Halifax to Liverpool when she was sunk by U-86, 116 miles west of Fastnet, Ireland. Apart from John Anderson, 145 other lives were lost.
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