ANDERSON, Bruce Horace
Service Number: | 260770 |
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Enlisted: | 4 March 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, 22 March 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lae Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 260770 | |
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4 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
4 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 260770 | |
22 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 260770, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Bruce Horace Anderson 260770 of 75SQN was shot down in Kittyhawk A29-16 during an attack on Japanese aircraft parked at Lae airstrip - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Lae Memorial
Biography contributed
Bruce Horace ANDERSON was born in Sydney, NSW on 24th October, 1916
His parents were James William Falconer ANDERSON & Winifred Alice JONES who married in Sydney in 1914
He had previously served with the 1st Artillery Survey Company before enlisting in the RAAF