Military service
Service number:
J/41164
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 14, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 14, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
February 14, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. H. Row G. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of Robert Smith Anderson and Hazel Margaret Anderson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
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Photo of WILLIAM SMITH ANDERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM SMITH ANDERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Globe & Mail March 2, 1945 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Bio
From Vol. 11 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo
From Vol. 11 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Funeral
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Gravemarker
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Memorial
Flying Officer William Smith 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
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Smith Anderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 491 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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