English Māori Alan Stuart Anderson Born 5 May 1922 PDF Key details Service numberWWII 439504 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Army AWMM Last rank WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesAlan Stuart AWMM SurnameAnderson AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWII 439504 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth5 May 1922 AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupationCarpenter/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkation Relationship status19 April 1952 AWMM Married/Post WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Army AWMM Service numberWWII 439504 AWMM Military serviceRoyal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 1941 AWMM Farmhand/Civilian AWMM Wanaka, Central Otago AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Otago Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Believed to be the last survivor of the Otago Mounted Rifles, Mr Anderson trained as a dispatch rider at Burnham Military Camp before transferring to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Public source.After the War he assisted with the repatriation of returning servicemen in Wellington and trained as a Carpenter in Dunedin.He married his wife June in 1952 with whom he had three children. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Alan Stuart Anderson by laying a poppy. Alan Douglas Anderson Alan Hugh Anderson Alan Stuart Anderson Alan Thomas Anderson Albert Anderson Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Alan Stuart Anderson Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksOtago Daily Times https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/last-man-standing Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM Vol. 3, p.601 [97] AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
