Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

10/09/1943

Date of Discharge

27/02/1946

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne, Victoria

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

09/08/1925

Place of Birth

Kew, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Hawthorn, Victoria

School(s) Attended

Mont Albert Central School (1937-38), Box Hill Grammar School (1939-41), Canberra Grammar School (1941-42), Canberra High School (1942)

Occupation

Clerk

Next of Kin

William Anderson (father), Hawthorn, Victoria

Service Number

431987

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Final Unit

AGDHQ Morotai

Wallace attended Canberra Grammar and Canberra High School during the early 1940s before finding work as a clerk in the Immigration and Passports Office of the Department of the Interior. After enlisting in the RAAF, Anderson was mustered as a 'recorder' and served in the Northern Territory with No.105 Fighter Control Unit and No.110 Mobile Fighter Control Unit. He was sent to Morotai in January 1945 to serve with Air Defence HQ for the remainder of the war. Anderson died on 13 October 2016.

Description - height 5 feet 8.75 inches, weight 130 pounds, chest 30-33 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair.

DVA nominal rolls - WW2
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9301
Information provided by Pamela Hunt, archivist at Canberra Grammar School
The Canberra Times - 14 January 1943
The Age (Melbourne) - 22 October 2016