Johann Anderle was born on October 12, 1922, in Hall in Tyrol and lived with his father, also named Johann Anderle, at Münzerhof 6 in Hall in Tyrol. After being conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he went absent without leave from his troop. This had severe consequences for the 18-year-old youth. He was deported to the Dachau concentration camp on October 4, 1940, and imprisoned there until August 28, 1941.
He survived the Second World War and was registered by the British authorities. In 1946, he briefly returned to his parents in Hall in Tyrol. After that, his trail was lost, and after ten years, his family declared him dead. Despite intensive searches by his mother and sister, no sign of him was ever found.