ANDERSON, Henry Leslie
(Service number 72010)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 15 February 1889 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mrs R. ANDERSON, Outram, Otago | ||
| Occupation | Motor proprietor | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. Two children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. M. ANDERSON (wife), care of Mrs Charter, Belfield Hill, Timaru. Later 160 Evans 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 | 37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 13 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Manuka | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 December 1975 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Henry Leslie Anderson was the second son of Robert August and Alice Edith (Edith, née Box) Anderson. He was educated at Pleasant Point School. He married Ethel Maude Charter on 15 May 1912 at Timaru. Henry and Ethel had two children – Leslie Dexter born on 6 April 1913 at Pleasant Point and Bernard born on 21 February 1917 at Dunedin. Trooper H. L. Anderson returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August. His brother Ernest Edward Anderson also served in World War I, and his oldest brother William Robert Anderson enlisted.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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