LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Royston Charles Keith ANDERSON
Service No: 400956
Born: Carlton VIC, 24 June 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 December 1940
Unit: No. 454 Squadron, Berka III Landing Ground, Libya
Died: Air Operations: (No. 454 Squadron Baltimore aircraft FW 315), Aegean Sea, 13 December 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Augustus Keith and Mabel Annie Anderson, of Healesville, Victoria, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Healesville VIC
Remembered: Column 277, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 December 1943, Baltimore FW 315 went missing on operations in the Aegean Sea. The crew members of FW 315 were:
Pilot Officer Royston Charles Keith Anderson (400956) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Robert Roy Donaldson (407146) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Douglas Todhunter (403230) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer William Garth Ward (407979) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
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, 166/3/158