Born 3/01/1917 at Chatham, ON   The son of Jack and Edith (Tackaberry) Anderson, of 174 Victoria, Avenue, Chatham, formerly of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, later living in Wallaceburg.  Jack was educated at McKeough Public School and Chatham Collegiate Institute. Prior to his enlistment he he was employed with the Bank of Montreal” in Chatham and Wallaceburg, and he also was a tax collector. Jack was a prominent athlete in tennis and softball in the Chatham area. He had also spent many enjoyable years with the Boy Scouts.

He enlisted 27/05/1940 with the 1^st Kent Reg. in Chatham rising to the rank of Captain; he transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment in Windsor, ON, in August of 1940 with the rank of Lieutenant.

He was trained in Chatham, London, Camp Bordon and Halifax and in England. Reported going overseas 16/07/40, arrived at Greenock, England. CDN 21/09/40. Reported promoted to Captain 26/05/42, the first Chatham officer to be promoted on ‘actives service’. During the past year he had won three sports cups and a medal for his athletic endeavors. In one of his letters home Jack mentioned that he had completed training with the Commando forces in England. The first officer promoted to Captain in the Essex Scottish serving overseas.

Before the war, he was one of the first to enlist for active service after the outbreak of the war; reverting to the rank of Lieutenant to go overseas with the Essex Scottish Regt.

Private Anderson enlisted 27/05/1940 with the 1st Kent Regiment in Chatham, rising to the rank of Captain. He transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment in Windsor, ON. Here, he demonstrated “a great aptitude for a military life while with the Kent’s”. When the Kent’s were not mobilized for overseas duty, he transferred to the Essex Scottish Regiment in Windsor, in August of 1940 with the rank of Lieutenant so he could go overseas with the Regiment. He was trained in Chatham, London, Camp Bordon, and England, where he regained his rank of Captain.  Reported going overseas. CDN 21/09/40. Reported promoted to Captain 26/05/42, he was the first Chatham officer to be promoted on ‘actives service’. During the year of 1942, he had won three sports cups and a medal for his athletic endeavors. In one of his letters home, Jack mentioned that he had completed training with the Commando forces in England. The first officer promoted to Captain in the Essex Scottish serving overseas.  As a result of a motorcycle accident in England during maneuvers, during a ‘blackout’, he was killed.

Age: 25, DOAI – Date of Death: 31/07/1942. 

Reported CDN. KIA 3 & 7/ 08/42.  

The Wallaceburg News 6/08/42 reported that Captain Anderson had been killed in a motorcycle accident while serving in England. At the time of his death his parents were on holiday in Northern Ontario. 

Captain Jack Tackaberry Anderson, Western Ontario Regiment, Chatham, ON. was reported as dead in the Hamilton Spectator, 8 August, 1942. He was the first officer of the Essex Scottish killed overseas.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: 32. J. 5.

Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources	CDN (21-09-1940), CDN (03-08-1942/04-08-42), KIA (07-08-01942), Chatham Fire Fighters 1944 Field Day Booklet (18-08-1944), KCFA, IOSD, IODE(P), CVWM, DND-RH, CCI-RH
Supplemental Information	Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: 32. J. 5. Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

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