John George Anderson

Forenames

John George AWMM

Surname

Anderson AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/3159 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 May 1885 Kiwi Jocks Research

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Otarere, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.E. Anderson (wife), care of Mrs Headley, Mount Smart Road, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/3159 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

John Anderson was the husband of Malieen Elizabeth Barber (formerly Anderson), of Awakeri, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mrs M. E. Barker, Whakatane (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
• Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Onehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Onehunga Returned and Services Association, 57 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270173
  Further Reference
• Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1462829/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1462829
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 14
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.