LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Clarence William ANDERSON
Service No: 409880
Born: Yass NSW, 6 October 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 November 1941
Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Service Flying Training School Harvard aircraft 3128), Ontario, 30 September 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Dunnville (Riverside) Cemetery, Ontario
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Clarence Judson Anderson and Sarah Kathleen Anderson, of Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During instrument practice on the 30th September 1943, at 1100 hours Harvard 3128 crashed at Campden, Ontario. The aircraft struck a tree while proceeding under a low cloud ceiling and the two crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Flight Sergeant Clarence William Anderson (409880) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Brain Patrick Evans (417075) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/3/121