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George Anderson

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  • Service number
    WWI 50644 AWMM
  • Also known as
    George Veitch ANDERSON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Trooper Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    George Veitch ANDERSON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 50644 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 24 May 1897 AWMM Oamaru, Otago AWMM
    • 24 May 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    24 May 1897 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Oamaru, SI Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Thomas & Jane Anderson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Sutherland Rd, Manaia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Sub Station Operator at Patutahi, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - NZ Archives Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Thomas Anderson (father), care of E.W. Mills and Co., Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1932 married Clara Winifrid EAST Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian E F Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 50644 AWMM
  • Military service
    1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 30 May 1917 AWMM
      Age 20 AWMM
      Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    • 13 May 1917 at Hawera, Taranaki Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    20 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Trooper Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 August 1950 Public Source
  • Date of death
    31 August 1950 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Age at death
    49yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block 13/SLDRS; Plot 26; Warrant # 6659 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 February 2016 - Gisborne's Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22270059
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      74: 10 AWMM
    • The horse marines : a chronicle of their voyage on H.M.N.Z.T.98 T.S.S. Tofua, Nov. 13 to Dec. 21, 1917. Editor, Tpr. J.A. Kyd; sub-editor, Sgt. G.B. Young. AWMM

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21 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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