ANDERSON, Robert William
(Service number 7/811)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Fairlie | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs W.H Anderson (mother), Box 8, Fairlie | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Canterbury | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | Age | ||
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Biographical Notes
John D. McLeod, a Fairlie man who had embarked with the Australian Forces, noted in his diary hearing about three men whom he would have known personally – Joe Keefe who was missing on 28 August, Alex Hall who was wounded wounded and Bob Anderson.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014); SCRoll web submission from M Konings, 30 January 2015; McLeod, J D (Sergeant), fl 1915-1917. McLeod, John Duncan, 1887-1938: First World War diary. Ref: MS-Papers-1382. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
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