Ngaire Milsom Hamilton ANDERSON

Regimental number6/2057
Date of birth7 March 1895
Place of birthStirling
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressMotukarara, Banks Peninsula
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Crawford Anderson, Box 24, Stirling, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in K Company, Coast Defence, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date26 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Name given on CWGC as Ngaire Milson Hamilton ANDERSON.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to hospital, Cairo, no date recorded (nephritis); transferred to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 30 June 1915; discharged to duty, 7 July 1915.

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 28 July 1915.

Wounded in action, and admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station, 18 August 1915 (gun shot woun, abdomen).

Died of wounds, 18 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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