Frances Anderson
Born 25 Jun 1918 - Died 19 Apr 1942
- Service number
- 71959 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Private AWMM Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Frances AWMM
- Surname
- Anderson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 71959 AWMM
- Gender
- Female AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 Jun 1918 WWII WAAC Roll
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 6 Wills Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs A.M.S. Anderson (mother), 6 Wills Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- North Africa AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 71959 AWMM
- Military service
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Domestic Duties/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM Women's War Service Auxillary AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of typhoid AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Private AWMM
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Frances Anderson was the daughter of William John Anderson and Alice Margaret Stewart Anderson (nee Lindsay) of Wanaka, Otago. Her sister Lucy (service number 71960) served in the same hospital in Egypt during the war.
She was the first New Zealand woman to die overseas in WW2.
Her funeral 'was the most sad and impressive thing that we have ever seen. She was the first member of this hospital to have died and has been over here two years..... There was a service here at 4 and nearly the entire hospital went, just a skelton staff working and all the up patients going too and girls came over from Helwan and Miss Nutsey. Then we were all out into ambulances and trucks and cars and the coffin in an ambulance and went to Heliopolis Military Cemetery. This is right on the edge of the desert and is so bare and blank with rows of little graves just cemented out of the brown sand itself with little wooden crosses. We all slowly marched to the grave we girls alongside the coffin and then all the sisters and officers and ranks following. There was a short service, then the three volleys fired, the Last Post, the flag removed and most gorgeous flowers placed over her hat on the coffin. It was all terribly sad and we are so sorry for Lucy and above all her parents who must be frantic.' From the letters of Stephanie Vanoosten (nee Lee) who served in the same hospital. Copies of these letters are held in the Museum Library. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 19 Apr 1942 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Sickness AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Plot 1 Row G Grave 19 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2208504
Sources Used - Staff - Staff WWSA [Women's War Service Auxiliary] hospital division organisation of women workers patriotic fund board - Middle East (Part 2). Archives New Zealand (R22438823)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22438823
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- References
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 6: WW2 3 - Van Oosten, Stephanie. War memorabilia, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2002/186.
- Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
p.3 - WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074)
- Staff - Staff WWSA [Women's War Service Auxiliary] hospital division organisation of women workers patriotic fund board - Middle East (Part 2). Archives New Zealand (R22438823)
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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