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William Hopton (Bill) Anderson 30 December 1891 – 30 December 1975(1975-12-30) (aged 84) Air Vice Marshal William Anderson Nickname "Andy", "Mucker" [1] Place of birth Kew, Victoria Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria Allegiance Commonwealth of Australia Service/branch Royal Australian Air Force Years of service 1910–1946 Rank Air Vice Marshal Unit No. 1 Squadron AFC (1916–1918) Commands held No. 3 Squadron AFC (1918–1919) Chief of the Air Staff (1940) RAAF Central Area (1940–1941) RAAF Eastern Area (1942–1943) RAAF Staff School (1944–1946) Battles/wars World War I World War II Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross Croix de guerre (Belgium) Air Vice-Marshal William Hopton (Bill) Anderson CBE, DFC (30 December 1891 – 30 December 1975) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He flew with the Australian Flying Corps in World War I, before joining the fledgling RAAF in 1921. Between the wars he held posts on the Australian Air Board. In 1940 Anderson acted as Chief of the Air Staff between the resignation of Air Vice Marshal Stanley Goble in January and the arrival of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett (RAF) the following month. He retired in 1946. Contents 1 Early career and World War I 2 Inter-war years 3 World War II and retirement 4 Notes 5 References // Early career and World War I Born in Kew, Victoria, Bill Anderson was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. He commencing his military career with the Royal Australian (Garrison) Artillery in 1910, before transferring to the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, based at Rabaul in what was then German New Guinea, in early 1915.[1] The following year he joined the Australian Flying Corps as a Captain, serving with No. 1 Squadron in Palestine. In 1917 he was posted to No. 3 Squadron, operating R.E.8s in France.[2][3] Anderson was spotting for artillery near the Messines Ridge on 6 December 1917 when he engaged a German DFW that his observer, Lieutenant John Bell, was able to shoot down; it was No. 3 Squadron's first confirmed kill.[4] In January 1918, Anderson was promoted to Major and posted to England to take charge of No. 7 (Training) Squadron. He returned to France in October 1918 as Commanding Officer of No. 3 Squadron. By this time he had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Belgian Croix de guerre for his combat service.[1][5][6] Inter-war years On 31 March 1921, Anderson joined the newly-formed Australian Air Force (the 'Royal' prefix being added in August) as a Squadron Leader, its third-most senior officer after Wing Commanders Richard Williams and Stanley Goble.[5][7] He commanded No. 1 Flying Training School at Point Cook in 1920–21 and 1925–26, interspersed with an ongoing position on the Air Board as Air Member for Personnel. Anderson was posted to England between 1927 and 1929, attending RAF Staff College, Andover and serving as Air Liaison Officer to the British Air Ministry. He was promoted Wing Commander on 23 March 1927.[1] Anderson spent most of the 1930s on the Air Board, returning to London in 1935 to attend the Imperial Defence College. He was raised to Group Captain in December 1932 and Air Commodore in January 1938.[1] Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1933 King's Birthday Honours,[8] he was promoted to Commander in the same order (CBE) in the 1934 New Year Honours.[9] World War II and retirement Air Vice Marshal Anderson (right) awarding an airman his wings at Point Cook, 1944 Anderson was Air Member for Supply when on 9 January 1940 he was appointed acting Chief of the Air Staff, following the resignation of Air Vice Marshal Stanley Goble. He remained in the position until 10 February 1940, when Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, seconded from the Royal Air Force, arrived to take over.[1][10][11] Anderson became Air Officer Commanding RAAF Central Area, covering most of New South Wales, on its formation in mid–1940, and remained at this post until the following year. Promoted acting Air Vice Marshal in September 1941, he commanded RAAF Eastern Area, which had evolved from Central Area, in 1942–43.[1][12][13] Between November 1943 and October 1944, Anderson again held the position of Air Member for Personnel, before he was made the inaugural Commandant of the RAAF Staff School at Mount Martha, Victoria.[14][15] He continued in this role until being forcibly retired, along with a number of other senior Air Force officers, in April 1946.[14][16] Following his discharge from the RAAF, Bill Anderson lived in East Melbourne, Victoria. He remained a bachelor and shared a house with his sister, who was also unmarried. He died in 1975.[1] Notes ^ a b c d e f g h Coulthard-Clark, Australian Dictionary of Biography, pp.53-54 ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29757, p. 9188, 19 September 1916. Retrieved 10 January 2008. ^ Cutlack, The Australian Flying Corps, pp.35,181,200 ^ Newton, Clash of Eagles, p.16 ^ a b Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942, pp.1,16 ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30792, pp. 8169–8189, 9 July 1918. Retrieved 10 January 2008. ^ Stephens, The Royal Australian Air Force, pp.31,332 ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33946, p. 3807, 2 June 1933. Retrieved 10 January 2008. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34010, p. 8, 29 December 1933. Retrieved 10 January 2008. ^ Helson, "10 Years at the Top", p.37 ^ Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942, pp.67,77 ^ Gillison, Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942, p.92 ^ Odgers, Air War Against Japan, p.152 ^ a b Helson, "10 Years at the Top", pp.228-237 ^ RAAF Staff College History at Australian Government Department of Defence. Retrieved on 3 March 2009. ^ Anderson, William Hopton at World War 2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved on 7 January 2008. References Coulthard-Clark, C.D. (1993). "Anderson, William Hopton (1891 - 1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography: Volume 13. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.  Cutlack, F.M. (1941) [1923]. The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 (11th edition): Volume VIII – The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914–1918. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=9.  Gillison, Douglas (1962). Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume I – Royal Australian Air Force 1939–1942. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=26.  Helson, Peter (2006) (PDF). Ten Years at the Top. University of New South Wales. http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~thesis/adt-ADFA/uploads/approved/adt-ADFA20061205.162428/public/02whole.pdf.  Newton, Dennis (1996). Clash of Eagles. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0864177933.  Odgers, George (1968) [1957]. Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air) Volume II – Air War Against Japan 1943–45. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=27.  Stephens, Alan (2006) [2001]. The Royal Australian Air Force: A History. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195555414.  Military offices Preceded by Air Vice Marshal Stanley Goble Chief of the Air Staff January–February 1940 Succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett Persondata Name Anderson, William Hopton (Bill) Alternative names Air Vice Marshal William Anderson Short description RAAF Chief of the Air Staff Date of birth 30 December 1891 Place of birth Kew, Victoria Date of death 30 December 1975 Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria