Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Rifleman M. E. Oliver, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (26/464 Rflm. M. E. Oliver. N.Z.E.F.); New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. E. Oliver, late Pte. N.Z.A.M.C.) light contact marks, very fine

1914-15 Star (6/2033 Sjt. A. H. Anderson. N.Z.E.F.) good very fine (4) £120-160

Marwood Edward Oliver was born 1 March 1891 and attested for the 5th (Wellington) Regiment in November 1911, and served during the Great War as a Rifleman with ‘B’ Company, 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade overseas from February 1916 until October 1919, before transferring to the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, as a Driver with No. 2 Field Ambulance, in December 1919, before being discharged 14 July 1920. He applied for the New Zealand Territorial Service Medal in September 1922, and died in Wellington on 27 September 1973.

Alexander Henry Anderson was born 22 October 1879, and attested for the Canterbury Infantry Regiment at Reefton, 4 February 1915. He served with the 5th Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force , and was wounded at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915. Admitted to King George Hospital, London, he returned to the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion in France, 12 May 1916. He was later attached to the 18 Light Trench Mortar Battery, and was promoted Sergeant 7 December 1918.