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

Biography

Andersen was educated at

Napier Boys' High School Napier Boys' High School is a secondary boys' school in, Napier, New Zealand. It currently has a school roll of approximately pupils. The school provides education from Year 9 to Year 13. Notable alumni Business * Rod Drury – chief execu ...

and Auckland University College. He was then appointed as a cadet in the

British Solomon Islands The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was first declared over the southern Solomons in 1893, when Captain Gibson, R.N., of , declared the southern islands a British protectorate. Other islands were subsequently declared to form part o ...

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 The Gilbert and Ellice Islands (GEIC as a colony) in the Pacific Ocean were part of the British Empire from 1892 to 1976. They were a protectorate from 1892 to 12 January 1916, and then a colony until 1 January 1976. The history of the colony w ...

as an Administrative Officer Cadet, where he remained until been appointed in 1962 as

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Val 1919 births 2004 deaths Colonial Administrative Service officers Governors of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands People from former British colonies and protectorates in Oceania New Zealand expatriates in Kiribati 20th-century New Zealand people People educated at Napier Boys' High School