Regimental number | 6/2057 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Stirling |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farm labourer |
Address | Motukarara, Banks Peninsula |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 161 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Crawford Anderson, Box 24, Stirling, Otago |
Previous military service | Served in K Company, Coast Defence, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Trentham |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | Canterbury Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Chunuk 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 details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth |
Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |