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The Horsham Times 13 Feb 1942

DEATH OF PILOT OFFICER CAM ANDERSON (Horsham )

Mishap Whilst in England

The promising career of another of Horsham's brave and gallant young gentlemen has ended, for yesterday Mr and Mrs DavidAnderson, of Urquhart street, Horsham, received the sad news that their second eldest son Pilot Officer DavidCampbell ("Cam")Anderson, met with a fatal air accident on Tuesday in England.    

Deceased, who was 26 years old, was born at Horsham, receiving his education at the State and High Schools. Subsequently he went afield to complete his studies at the Geelong College and on returning to his home town he received a thorough course at the Longerenong Agricultural College. Putting into practical effect  the knowledge he gained, deceased went for a short period on the land and gained ample experience on Mr. T. A. Heard's grazing property at Clear Lake. In order to secure an insight into business methods he went to Melbourne for a year and was on the staff of the Royal Insurance Co. He then returned fully equipped to take up a career in his father's well known auctioneering business in Wilson street, where he was employed until he enlisted.

In the world of sport he was a noted exponent, and in the Horsham Football Club he was among the roving champions when the Wimmera League was at its zenith and was a great goal-kicker. He was an excellent tennis player and was a member of the Presbyterian Sunday School and Church.

Long before war broke out he was an active unit of the Horsham Armored Car Regiment but when the call of Empire was sounded this young man responded, enlisting in the Air Force. In January, 1941, with other young airmen, he was publicly farewelled in the Mayor's room and honored with tokens from the council and other bodies. His destination for the Empire air training scheme was Canada, where he continued his studies and later he went to England where he completed his course and received his wings. It was in the homeland that destiny stepped in and concluded a bright future. The pilot officer was in a bomber command and conducting sea reconnaissances when the accident happened.

One of Horsham's citizens, who had been associated with deceased in business here said of the young man, "He was the essence of honor, upright in all things and had a bright good na ture. To know him was to love and respect him. There are two brothers - Robert and John -who are employed in their uncle's engineering works at Geelong, Messrs. J. C. Brown & Co., and four sisters - Marion, Margaret (nursing sisters in Melbourne), Jennie (a trainee in the Geelong Hospital) and Mary of Horsham. The bereaved family widely known thoughout the Wimmera and State, have received many messages of condolence in their sorrow.