Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 4, 1916
Shallow Lake, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 1, 1941
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
December 23, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. D. 10.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
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Photo of Douglas Anderson
Anderson, Douglas Thomas - Lieutenant. Born 4th August, 1916, at Shallow Lake, Ont. Educated at Strathcona Public School, and Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Entered the service of the Bank 21st January, 1935. Served at branches in Ontario. Enlisted 1st August, 1941, from Coboconk in R.C.A. Second Lieutenant 13th August, 1942; Lieutenant 20th August, 1942. Transferred to The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 20th August, 1942. Overseas in March, 1943. Transferred to The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 23rd September, 1943. Killed in action in Italy 23rd December, 1943. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Time January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Douglas Thomas Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 131 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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