Henry Anderson left Belfast, Co Antim, Ireland, sometime after August 1911. He spent a couple of years in prison from 1909 – 1911, and at the time of his imprisonment seems to have been separated from his wife (who stayed in Belfast, no children). How or when he arrived in Canada is not known.
Henry Anderson:
Attestation Papers – Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force – No 2 Forestry Draft, C.E.F.
Capt. R. McArthur, O.C.
Date of Birth: 24 May 1878, Barrow in Furnace, England
Address: 393 Furby St, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (He is not listed at 393 Furby St, Winnipeg, in the 1920 Henderson Winnipeg Directory.)
Next of kin: Susan Anderson, mother – 47 Gainsborough Street, Belfast
Trade: Blacksmith
Date of enlistment: 24 March 1917
Place of recruitment: Winnipeg
Are you married? : No (Issue with statement)
Pte. H Anderson, service number 2260356, on the hospital ship Araguaya which left from Liverpool on 14 September 1917 and arrived at Quebec, Canada, on 25 or 22 September 1917. Arrival date on cover page 1, handwritten date as 25 September 1917 but typed up page 2 date is 22 September 1917.
It would seem Henry Anderson did not spend much time overseas as he joined on the 24 March 1917 and was back in Canada by September 1917. The reason for his return was Tuborcular. There was no other information about his place of residence etc.
Any further information on where Henry Anderson might have served overseas or what happened to him after he returned to Canada in 1917 would be greatly appreciated.
