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Full Name
Private John Anderson
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
John
Surname
Anderson
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
43936
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Farm hand
Next of Kin
William Anderson (father), Saint Andrew's, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
23rd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation Date
2 April 1917
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 80
Vessel
Corinthic
Destination
Plymouth, England (10 June 1917)
Nominal Roll Number
57
Page on Nominal Roll
10
Last Unit Served
Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death
12 October 1917
Age at Death
22
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Name
Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference
N.Z. Apse, Panel 2
Biographical Notes
Son of William and Catherine Anderson, of Lyalldale, St. Andrew's.
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918