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Ernest Edward Anderson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    456047 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Paroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I.D. Anderson (mother), Paroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    456047 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Cecil Graham Anderson and Ivy Doreen Olsen Anderson, of Paroa, Westland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 July 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VIII. C. 12. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    ANDERSON: 456047, PTE. ERNEST EDWARD, killed in action Italy, July 23, 1944, dearly loved eldest son of' Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Anderson, and beloved fiancé of Joyce Allen, Paroa; aged 22 years. Public - Lorraine Mona - Comrade - 7 August 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR.
    Greymouth Evening Star, 4 August 1944, Page 4
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Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Well I finally found u.My great uncle so young and brave who left his beautiful Paroa Westland home and never returned .Ernest u are never forgotten and on Anzac Day every year I always put flowers on a war memorial in your memory where ever I am.you are even in a book called To the gateways of Florence....RIP uncle.....loved Mike
    Public - Michael Terrence - Direct descendant - 29 May 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 Unknown page AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 August 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneComrade
02 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
29 May 2016Michael Terrence Perth. AustraliaDirect descendant

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