Identity
Title
Forenames
Henry Rutherford AWMM
Surname
Anderson AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWII 61115 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
6 December 1907
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Death Certificate
Place of birth
Highbank, Mid-Canterbury
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Death Certificate
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Skibo, Mayfield AWMM
Post war occupation
Farmer at 'Cairnbrae' near Methven
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Personal Knowledge
Next of kin on embarkation
WW2 Mr. R.J. Anderson, Skibo, Mayfield (f) AWMM
Relationship status
Service
Medals and Awards
1939-45 Star, Africa Star, 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, NZ War Service Medal
Public - Gordon - Child - 5 April 2019 - NZMF personal history sheet
Capture details
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Liberation Repatriation
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Medical notes
Battle Casuality, Wounded 7 December 1944. Discharged from hospital 30 December 1944
Public - Gordon - Child - 5 April 2019 - Military Personnel File
Biographical information
After discharge Henry lived briefly in the Montalto area where he met and later married Edna Crawley. In 1950 Henry and Edna were allocated a portion of the 'Craiglea" block on the Highbank-Cairnbrae Road where they farmed, and raised 5 children, until their retirement to Geraldine.
Public - Gordon - Child - 7 April 2019 - Personal knowledge, Scotter, W "Ashburton: A History of Town and County" (1972, Caxton Press) 385.
Death
Death
Date of death
7 July 1988
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Death Certificate
Age at death
80
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Death Certificate
Place of death
St George's Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
Public - Gordon John - Child - 4 April 2019 - Death Certificate
Cause of death
Death notes
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.11 AWMM - "Fifty Years On 'A Time to Remember': Historical Record of the 14th NZ Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Public - Gordon - Child - 17 April 2019 - 14th NZ Light AA Regimental Assn (1991)
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