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: 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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, SN 260770
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

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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