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Robert A. Anderson

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert A. AWMM
  • Surname
    Anderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 429914 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Mangonui, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    • Pilot/Civilian AWMM
      Pilot for Union Airways - January 1947 AWMM
    • Pilot AWMM
      Captain, flew Lockheed Electras, Lodestars and DC3's 1948 AWMM
    • Operations Manager/Civilian AWMM
      Operations Manager for SPANZ ( South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand) 1960 AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Initially joined the Army but transferred to the RNZAF in late 1942. Served in Burma and from Burma went to Australia still with the RAF Transport Command until Easter 1946.

    Was one of the co-founders of SPANZ which was the airline that introduced the first in-flight meals on regional routes in NZ AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    Feb 2004 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald 28 February 2004, page A26 AWMM
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Sources

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    • Waugh, R.J., & Layne, P. (2000). SPANZ: South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand and their DC-3 Viewmasters. Auckland, N.Z.: Richard J. Waugh/Project SPANZ Committee. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald 28 February 2004, page A26 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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