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Alexander Stuart Anderson

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Biography for Alexander Stuart Anderson. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607-0092). CC-BY 2.0.

Biography for Alexander Stuart Anderson. RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Stuart AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ391873 AWMM
    • WWII 391873 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 October 1911 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607) Sydney, New South Wales RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Wife: Mrs A. S. Anderson, Mount Pleasant, Harrison Lane, Woodstock, England AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs F. Anderson, 6 Grove Street, Bondi, Sydney, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    • Navigator RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
    • Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of William James Stuart Anderson and Freda Anderson, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Mercia Anderson, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England.

      Barrass, M.B. (2001- 2008). Web site: Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. "Squadrons numbered in the 400 series were technically units of the RCAF, RAAF and RNZAF, but their members were placed under the operational control of the RAF and are usually considered to be part of the RAF's organisational structure". URL: http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn485-490.htm

      Attended Waverley College, Sydney (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM
    • 1944: 18/19th November. Mosquito HR24/K. Ops: Intruder patrol over the Netherlands and Germany.
      Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in a field near the Garzweiler-Otzenrath Road, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
      Crew:
      P: Flt Lt A S Anderson NZ391873: + 2042244
      O: Flt Lt J W Taylor NZ421944: + 2032960 Public - Antonio - Researcher - 14 April 2024 - https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/80673
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Death

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  • Death
    19 November 1944 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 11. A. 21. AWMM
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