senior Air Force commanders, in April 1946, ostensibly to make way for younger and equally qualified officers. A confidential report in September 1944 had found him "hard working, conscientious and loyal" but lacking in "constructive capacity and organising ability". He was still four years below the statutory retirement age of fifty-seven for his substantive rank of air commodore. Retirement Following his discharge from the RAAF as an honorary air vice marshal, Anderson lived in East Melbourne. A lifelong bachelor, he shared a house with his sister, who also never married. From 1947 until 1971, he served as honorary chairman of the Victorian branch of the Services Canteens Trust Fund. On 31 March 1971, he was among a select group of surviving founder members of the RAAF who attended a celebratory dinner at the Hotel Canberra to mark the service's Golden Jubilee; his fellow guests included Air Marshal Williams, Air Vice-Marshal Wrigley, Air Commodore Hippolyte (Frank) De La Rue, and Wing Commander Sir Lawrence Wackett. Anderson died at his residence on his 84th birthday in 1975, and was buried in Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew. Notes References |- |- |- |- 1891 births 1975 deaths Military personnel from Melbourne Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Australian aviators Australian Army officers Australian Flying Corps officers Australian military personnel of World War I Australian people of English descent Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Australian Air Force air marshals of World War II People from Kew, Victoria