Bruce Horace ANDERSON

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ANDERSON, Bruce Horace

Service Number:	260770
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" Lae War Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 6
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
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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Biography 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

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