David Watson Anderson

Forenames

David Watson AWMM

Surname

Anderson AWMM

Service number

WWI 27192 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J. Anderson (mother), Methven, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 27192 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Engine driver/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-26 Apr 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 78 AWMM Vessel was Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

David Anderson was the son of Joseph and Jessie Anderson, of Alford Forest Rd., Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial. AWMM

Death

11 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM V.F.10 AWMM

Memorial name

Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270002
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/164910/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/164910
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 1917
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 34
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 78 - The navuan nautilus : being some account of the doings of C, H and J Companies and Details, 22nd Reinforcements N.Z.I.F -- On board ship : 22nd Reinforcements : 1917.