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Alfred Kenneth Anderson

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Alfred Kenneth (Ken) Anderson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ken AWMM
  • Service number
    378442 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1921 AWMM Leithfield, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
    7 November 1921 Public - Julia - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family history
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Post Office, Sefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Horticulturalist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S.H. Anderson (mother), Post Office, Sefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    378442 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 June 1999 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Balcairn Cemetery, Leithfield Road, Balcairn, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM BA2846 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald Saturday 12 June 1999 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Hurunui District Council cemetery search
    http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/not-in-the-menu/cemetery-search/
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.5 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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13 April 2021JuliaPegasus, New ZealandDirect descendant

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