Allan Bertram Anderson
Born 16 Sept 1886 - Died 26 Nov 1918
- Service number
- WWI 13/519 AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Saddler AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Allan Bertram AWMM
- Surname
- Anderson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 13/519 AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 16 Sept 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- son of Donald McIntyre & Fanny Nesbit ANDERSONPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 September 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66727987/allan_bertram-anderson
- Address before enlistment
- Marangai, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs D.M. Anderson, Marangai, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/519 AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- WWI 2/519A AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Bushman/Civilian Military personnel file
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died from influenza AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5' 10" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
175 lb AWMM
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Saddler AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Donald McIntyre Anderson and Fanny Nesbit Anderson of Marangai.
The Nominal Rolls have recorded Anderson's serial Number as 13/519, while Archives New Zealand, the NZEF Roll of Honour, and Commonwealth War Graves Commission record his number as 2/519A. Possibly named twice on AWMM Hall of Memories (Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Andrews W. - Anderson J.S. (photo J Halpin 2010))
Enlisted with rank of trooper and posted to 11th (North Auckland) Squadron, Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, Kawakawa, 18 August 1914.
Promoted to rank of corporal, 28 August 1914.
Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board HMNZT 'Star of India', 16 October 1914.
Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, and entrained for Zeitoun Camp near Cairo, 3 December 1914.
Transferred to New Zealand Field Artillery and assigned new regimental number 2/519a, 3 March 1915.
Reverts to rank of gunner, 21 November 1915.
Transferred to 15th (Howitzer) Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery, Egypt, 16 March 1916.
Appointed to position of saddler, Divisional Ammunition Column, France, 1 May 1916.
Attached to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, pending return to New Zealand on Duty Furlough, 15 November 1917. Ceased attachment to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot and proceeded overseas to England, 22 November 1917. Reported for duty to New Zealand Discharge Depot, Torquay, England, 6 December 1917.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth, England, on board HMNZT 'Tainui', 1 February 1918.
Disembarked in Wellington, New Zealand, 15 March 1918.
Reported for duty and transferred to BRT[?] Artillery Detail, Featherston Camp, Wairarapa, 4 November 1918.
Died at Featherston Camp Military Hospital, 26 November 1918 (bronchial pneumonia).
Parents: Donald McIntyre Anderson and Fanny Nesbit Anderson, Marangai
Next of Kin: Mr F. W. Anderson, Marangai, Bay of Isl. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1))
Next of Kin: Mrs D. M. Anderson, Marangai, B of Isls. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 26 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 32 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 25 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- 2/519a Saddler A. B. Anderson from broncho-pneumonia, on November 26 (Mrs F. M. Anderson, Marangai, Bay of Islands)Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 September 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66727987/allan_bertram-anderson
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Okaihau First World War memorial gates, Horeke Rd, Northland AWMM
- Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269923
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
Further Reference - "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
Sources Used
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 13 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Information kindly provided by family
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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