Morris Anderson

Private 8745 · D Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion · Second Echelon, 1940
Early life
Morris (Maurice) Anderson was a Ngāti Maniapoto man from Troopers Road, Arapae, near Te Kūiti. His mother, Mrs W. Anderson of Ahuroa Road, Te Kūiti, was his next of kin, and he was single and working as a labourer. Corporal Arthur Anderson, from the same Te Kūiti family, was probably his brother.
War
Maurice sailed with the Second Echelon in 1940 and is in the second row of the 1940 D Company group photograph held by Te Papa. He is named on the Ngāti Maniapoto Second World War memorial at Te Kūiti.
After the war
Maurice married Ellen, and they raised a large family. He died on 30 September 2004, and his tangi was held at Kokohinua Marae, Te Teko.
Sources
Online Cenotaph C116079; Ngāti Maniapoto WW2 memorial, Te Kūiti; New Zealand Herald death notice, 2 October 2004; Te Papa PA.000038.
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