A.T. Anderson

Brigadier General A. T. Anderson, C.M.G.Brigadier General A. T. Anderson (possibly Augustin Thomas) was the son of William Mather Anderson (Chief Inspector of the Oriental Bank in London and Acting Governor of Mauritius at one time) and Mary Anne Neilley (born and married in Australia and died in England). He was probably born before 1886.

The Brigadier General was in the Royal Artillery.

A.T. Anderson is said to have received the French Legion d'honneur medal in the park at Cambrai in 1916. However, the Musee National says that Augustin Thomas Anderson, a colonel in the British Army, received the medal on 12 December 1918.

For a period during the 1920s and 1930s he was the Private Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales, Australia (His Excellency, Sir Dudley de Chair). In about 1943 he became the Comptroller to the Governor General.

References

(1) Tasmanian Archives, Tasmania, Australia(2) Musee National de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie(3) http://1914-1918.invisonzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1298(4) http://www.kmc.nsw.gov.au/resources/documents/New_3_Pages_from_web_TMP_masterplan_panels-3.pdf