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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Arthur Phillips Anderson |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Arthur Phillips |
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| Surname: |
Anderson |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/1392A |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
A. Anderson (father), Wyndham Road, Mataura, Gore, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Mataura, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
3rd Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 February 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (26 March 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
13 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Egypt to Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
18 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
20 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
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| Grave Reference: |
K. 42. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Alexander and Ann Elizabeth Anderson, of Matama, New Zealand.
- Private Anderson was wounded in the neck on 11 August 1915 and evacuated off Gallipoli to Egypt where he died on 25 August 1915.
- His brother, 8/317 William Alexander Anderson, had been killed four days earlier on Rhododendron Spur.
- Another brother, 24/340 Robert Stephen Anderson, also served in World War I
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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