Oscar Frederick Anderson

Forenames

Oscar Frederick AWMM

Surname

Anderson AWMM

Also known as

Oscar Fredrick AWMM

Service number

11/4 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1879 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 16 Aug 1914 AWMM Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs H. Segrin (mother), 133 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

11/4 AWMM

Military service

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 16 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM
Wool classer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 6 AWMM Vessel was Orari AWMM Trooper AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 6 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone 7 pounds AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  hazel AWMM
• Other, Unknown Period AWMM
  one eye not at all good AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• Pre WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
  1st Scottish Horse AWMM
• WW1 Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

9 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270240
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679713/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679713
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 15
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.