James George ANDERSON

Regimental number8/641
Date of birth29 October 1893
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBoot salesman
Address468 Leith Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.10
Height5' 9"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinFather, Robert H Anderson, 468 Leith Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in A Company, 4th Otago Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date23 August 1914
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 April 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 75), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Henry and Mary Anderson, 468 Leith Street, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Disembarked Suez, 3 December 1914.

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 28 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22271809

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