colonel on 3 July 1938. Second World War Between March 1939 and January 1940 Anderson served on exchange in the Meerut district of India, returning to Australia on 8 January 1940 to join the staff of the 4th Division. In April 1940 he was appointed director of staff duties, with the rank of temporary colonel. On 1 July 1941 he was promoted to colonel and transferred to the Australian Armoured Corps, part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, serving as assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general of the 1st Armoured Division until January 1942. After a brief term as director of military training in early 1942, he returned to staff duties with the rank of brigadier, serving with III Corps until June 1943, Second Army until August 1943, then at the Advanced Land HQ at St Lucia, Queensland, until January 1944. Anderson was on the staff of the Northern Territory Force until August 1944, with two brief periods as acting general officer commanding in February/March and August. From September 1944 until the end of the war in August 1945 he was attached as brigadier in charge of administration to the Eighth United States Army. Post-war Anderson was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in November 1946, and from 1947 he served as adjutant-general of the Australian Military Forces and Second Member of the Military Board until he retired with the rank of major general in 1951. Personal life Anderson married Violet Clark in 1928. He died at his home in Darling Point, New South Wales on 10 February 1973. References 1894 births 1973 deaths Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian generals Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Army personnel of World War II Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates Military personnel from New South Wales