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Val Andersen

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Val Andersen
Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
In office
Oct 1961 (Roy Davies, Acting)
Apr 1962 – Jun 1969
Preceded byMichael Bernacchi
Succeeded byJohn Osbaldiston Field
Personal details
Born(1919-03-21)21 March 1919
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died14 November 2004(2004-11-14) (aged 85)
NationalityNew Zealander
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
OccupationColonial Service then FCO

Valdemar A. Jens Andersen CMG OBE (21 March 1919 – 14 November 2004) was a British Colonial Service administrator from New Zealand.[1]

Biography

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Andersen was educated at Napier Boys' High School and Auckland University College. He was then appointed as a cadet in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. He served as Lieutenant in command with the Royal Navy during World War II (1940-1946). In 1947, he joined the Colonial Service for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as an Administrative Officer Cadet, where he remained until been appointed in 1962 as Resident Commissioner.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Andersen, Valdemar Jens". WHO WAS WHO 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ Steinberg, S. (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1966-67: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. ISBN 9780230270954.
  3. ^ Walsh, Michael Ravell (2020). A History of Kiribati: From the Earliest Times to the 40th Anniversary of the Republic. ISBN 9-79869535-895-7.