ANDERSON, William Henry Drummond
(Service number 17168)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 27/03/1889 | Place of Birth | Invercargill |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 73 Gala Street, Invercargill | ||
| Occupation | Merchant | ||
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| Marital Status | Single at enlistment; married before embarkation | ||
| Next of Kin | Miss Maud DICKSON (friend), Elizabeth Street, Timaru, South Island; Mrs Isabella Maud ANDERSON (wife), Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Army Pay Department | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Pay Corps | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 July 1964 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill | ||
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Biographical Notes
William Henry Drummond Anderson was the youngest son of David and Agnes (née Cummings) Anderson. He was educated at Invercargill Middle School. William married Isabella Maud Dickson 9Maud) on 38 July 1916 at Timaru. They had one son before Maud died in 1918 while William was abroad. Embarking at Tilbury on 12 March 1919 for the return home, he reached Lyttelton, New Zealand by the “Corinthic” in April 1919, one of 1142 soldiers aboard. William married secondly, Addie Annie Hayward in 1924.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 November 2019]; Eastern Cemetery headstone image & burial record (Invercargill City Council) [15 November 2019]; Timaru Herald, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013]
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