A woman in Australia is looking to trace the living relatives of a Callander First World War hero to reunite them with his long-lost medals.
In November 2019, the Observer told how a portrait of a mystery soldier discovered in a historic Callander guest house was identified as that of Corporal Donald Anderson.
Geraldine’s dad, Leonard Eric Wright lived in Darwin, in the country’s Northern Territory, and was a keen collector of war memorabilia.Geraldine, who lives in the city of Queanbeyan, found the medals, as well as a letter addressed to Cpl Anderson’s wife, among her late father’s possessions. “I did find Donald’s service records along with letters to the Red Cross that his wife and his mother had written when they were looking for him.”
He then fought at Gallipoli and was evacuated to England with severe dysentery. While on leave from hospital in Cardiff he met Dorothy Bailey who he would marry in 1917. Cpl Anderson was last seen lying severely wounded in a shell hole during an attack by his company on the enemy position.
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