Val Andersen

Valdemar “Val” A. Jens Andersen (born on 21 March 1919 in Palmerston North) was a British Colonial Service administrator from New Zealand.
He 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.