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James Robert Anderson

  • Service number
    • WWII NZ2282 AWMM
    • WW11: NZ2282 & RAF No. 75908 Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - His NNZAF & RAF logbooks
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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My father, probably taken after he arrived in England

James Robert Anderson circa 1940

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ2282 AWMM
    • WW11: NZ2282 & RAF No. 75908 Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - His NNZAF & RAF logbooks
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 September 1916 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
    10 September 1915 Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Lyttelton, Christchurch Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
    Son of James Rudolph & Gertrude Annie (nee Page) Anderson Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Birth Certificate
  • Address before enlistment
    Lyttelton Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Family history
  • Post war occupation
    • Electrical Engineer Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Inventor & Sailmaker
    • Was Electrical Engineer pre-war.
      Was a Designer, Inventor, Sailmaker post-war Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Family History
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Gertrude Annie Corkin (remarried) Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Birth Certificate
  • Relationship status
    Mother Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Birth Certificate

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (DFC*) AWMM
      30 June 1941 and 15 May 1942. AWMM
    • War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
    • New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
    • 13 June 1941, 103 Squadron: DFC for low level attack (900ft) in Wellington over Brest, targeting The Scharnhorst & Gneisenau. After remaining over target for half an hour for visibility & dropping bombs, his gunners took out 8 searchlights [London Gazette 1 July 1941 (3770)]

      23 Oct 1941, 108 Squadron: Bar to DFC for crash landing about 10 miles from advanced base in darkness after the Wellington was badly damaged during raid on Benghasi and ran out of fuel. He had ordered the crew to bale out but the Rear Gunner & Wireless Operator missed the order and emerged (perspiring) after the landing. [Supplement to the London Gazette 15 May 1942 (2122)] Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - His RNZAF & RAF Logbooks
      The London Gazeette
      "Bomber Command", Volume 1, page 76
      "The Official History of New Zealand in the 2nd World War" - "New Zealanders in the RAF", Volume 111, Chapter 3

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    27/11/1983 Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Death Certificate
  • Age at death
    68 Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Death Certificate
  • Place of death
    Worthing Hospital, Worthing, Sussex, UK Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Death Certificate
  • Cause of death
    Heart disease Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Death Certificate
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Cremated Public - James Frederick - Child - 20 February 2022 - Death Certificate
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • 'Wings Of War; Personal Recollections of the Air War' by Martin W Bowman, contains an excellent description of his survival of the crash of a Liberator [in which he was a passenger] in Ireland, due to weather. Pages 52-54.
    Public - Stoney - Researcher - 20 April 2023
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM

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20 April 2023StoneyTuakauResearcher
20 February 2022James Frederick Southampton, UKChild

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