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ANDERSON, Eric James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 423579 |
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Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1923 |
Home Town: | Mortlake, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Costing and Pay Clerk |
Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 19 August 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 259, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 423579 | |
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18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales | |
18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423579 |
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51 Squadron. Plane was Wellington MK 111 X3966
Rank - Flight Sergeant
Son of John Nowell Anderson and Millicent Florence Anderson, of Mortlake, New South Wales