Oscar Fredrick ANDERSON

Regimental number11/4
Date of birth1879
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWool classer
AddressPalmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Segrin, 133 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in Scottish Horse; discharged on unit being disbanded; serving in 6th Mounted Rifles, Territorial Force, at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs H. Segren (formerly Anderson), North Road, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, Anzac Cove, 9 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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