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ANDERSON, Bruce Horace
Personal Details
| 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: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Lae, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, 22 March 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, SN 260770 | |
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| 4 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 4 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 260770 | |
| 22 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 260770, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
Personal Stories
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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