Val Andersen


Valdemar “Val” A. Jens Andersen was a British Colonial Service administrator.
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. 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.