Charles Louis Richard Andresen

Forenames

Charles Louis Richard AWMM

Surname

Andresen AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2060 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

3 Dec 1882 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Andall Road, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry Andresen (brother), Hurleyville, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2060 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 9" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  142 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM

Later next of kin address: Burn St, Nolantown, Hawera

Andresen was reported missing 8 August 1915, but may have been killed in action on 9 August on Chunuk Bair while with the Otago Infantry.

Appointed Cook, 28 July 1915.
Reported missing, 8 August 1915.
Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded 'Now believed dead'.

Brother: Henry Andresen, Burn Street, Nolantown, Hawera AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 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/R22270397
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679715/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679715
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• 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: 16
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra