David ANDERSON

Regimental number28574
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Anderson, c/o Wynne Gray, 'Crossley', Symonds Street, Onehunga
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Opawa on 2 January 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, attached 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late David and Mary Anderson, Franklin, Waikato; Wife: Eva Clarice Anderson, of 'Crosslea', Symonds Street, Onehunga, Auckland. Native of Fife, Scotland.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 6

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