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ANDERSON, William Alexander
(Service number 10135)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs M.L. Anderson (mother), 16 Elm Row, Dunedin,
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 11th Reinforcements, K Company
Date 4 January 1916
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 16 September 1916 Age 20
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Memorial Reference VIII. C. 11.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Fairlie War Memorial (as W T Anderson)

Biographical Notes

William Anderson was the son of Maria Louisa Anderson, of 13, Rose St., Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand, and the late William Anderson. His brother, Robert William Anderson (7/811) also served in World War 1.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2013); Personnel file

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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