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Andrew Anderson

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1252 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Anaru AWMM
    • Anaru ANDERSON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Andrew AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Anaru AWMM
    • Anaru ANDERSON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1252 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1895 Public Source Pipiriki, Manawatu-Wanganui Public Source
  • Date of birth
    17 October 1895 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Pipiriki, Wanganui Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Andrew Joseph Thomas & Te Rakura Anderson Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Pipiriki, Wanganui Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Anderson (mother), Pipiriki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      London Gazette 3 July 1919, p8358, Rec No 3266 For bravery and devotion to duty at Le Quesnoy on 4th November 1918. Anderson accompanied his platoon officer who was detailed to make a reconnaissance and report on condition of a road which it was necessary to put in repair immediately the infantry had gained their objective. The troops detailed to mop up Le Quesnoy were held up on account of heavy machine-gun fire from the ramparts. Nevertheless this Anderson went forward with his officer and returned with important information. All through the operation he displayed great coolness and an utter disregard of danger. AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      Miltiary Medal: 16/1252 Private, New Zealand Pioneer (Maori) Battalion
      London Gazette 3.7.1919, page 8358, Record No. 3266
      For bravery and devotion to duty at Le Quesnoy on 4th November 1918. Anderson accompanied his platoon officer who was detailed to make a reconnaissance and report on condition of a road which it was necessary to put in repair immediately the infantry had gained their objective. The troops detailed to mop up Le Quesnoy were held up on account of heavy machine-gun fire from the ramparts. Nevertheless this Anderson went forward with his officer and returned with important information. All through the operation he displayed great coolness and an utter disregard of danger. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record & http://www.cambridgelequesnoy.co.nz/Honours.html

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Seaman AWMM
    • 26 Oct 1915 at Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 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
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 August 1958 AWMM
    Pipiriki, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
    16 August 1968 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ records
  • Age at death
    65yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ records
  • Place of death
    Pipikiki, Whanganui Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/R22269929
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      p.5 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 1 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
      p.445 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM

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11 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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