Frederick Annand

Colonel Frederick William Gadsby Annand, (7 May 1872 – 22 June 1958) was an Australian businessman and soldier.

Early life Annand was born at Toowoomba on 7 May 1872 to rural worker James Annand and Harriet, née Gadsby. He attended local state schools. and bar (October 1918), he returned from the war to command the Citizen Military Force's 15th Battalion. The citation for his bar, gazetted in December 1919, reads:

Promoted to colonel in 1926, he retired from active service in May 1932.

Public life A councillor and mayor (1924) of Hamilton, in 1925 Annand was appointed town clerk of Greater Brisbane. He resigned in 1931 in frustration after disputes with A. E. Moore's government and returned to the Building and Banking Company, of which he was elected director. He was president of the local Young Men's Christian Association, the Brisbane Rotary Club and deacon of the City Congregational Church. He was buried in a family grave at Toowong Cemetery on 23 June 1958. His son Douglas Annand was a well-known artist.