Military service
Service number:
789500
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
10 Sqdn.
Death:
June 2, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 21. E. 9-12.
Additional information
Son of Arthur R. Anderson, M.B., C.M., and Clara B. Anderson, of Newfoundland.
Sergeant Anderson enlisted in early 1940 and became the first Newfoundlander to join the Royal Air Force.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
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Photo of Alastair MacDonald Anderson
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Photo of Alastair MacDonald Anderson
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Group Photo
Alastair MacDonald Anderson is on the right of the man in the centre of the picture. Date on back of picture says Oct. 29 1941. Taken in London England. -
Group Photo
Alastair MacDonald Anderson 2nd from the right in next picture. Text at bottom of photo says "A" Flight Course No. 7, No.1 I.T.S., Toronto Oct.31 1940 -
Group Photo
Alastair MacDonald Anderson 4th from the left in front row. Text at bottom of photo says Newfoundlanders R.A.F. in training Class 3M No.2 wireless school Calgary Canada Dec. 1940. -
Group Photo
Alastair MacDonald Anderson is standing in the very middle of this group. No indication of where this was taken. First names are listed on the back of the picture but I don't think they are in the correct order as they are standing. -
Memorial
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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