Eric Angus Anderson

Forenames

Eric Angus AWMM

Surname

Anderson AWMM

Service number

14359 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

20 Mar 1909 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hautapu, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs F. McC. Anderson (mother), Hautapu, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 01 Jul 1940-31 Mar 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

14359 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Trooper AWMM 2nd Divisional Cavalry Regiment AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
Divisional Cavalry AWMM

Son of Forbes Herbert and Flora McColl Anderson, of Cambridge.

"A squadron remained with 5 Brigade until 31 December, when it was pulled back to Castelfrentano; but not before it also had suffered casualties. On the night of the 29th it had come in for some shelling which cost it one wounded and two others killed - Corporal Anderson and Trooper Thorn." (Loughnan 1963) AWMM

Death

29 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI.C.17. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2DiCa.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2377168
  Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 Unknown page
• Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  Loughnan, R.J.M., 1963, Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Divisional Cavalry, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, p. 320.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.