Date of birth:

April 7th, 1924 (Naesby/Seeland, Denmark)

Date of death:

March 18th, 1945 (Kleve/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: V. Row: D. Grave: 5.

Service number:

D/130010

Nationality:

Canadian

Sapper
Royal Canadian Engineers
11 Field Coy.

On 16 March 1945, 11th Field Company began to check a stretch of ground near Cleve, Germany for mines in order to make the area safe for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. By the next evening, the mineclearing parties had found a number of German Riegelmine 43 anti-tank mines that they safely lifted and stored in two dumps. At 1300 hrs the next day, Sapper Andersen was part of a nine-man party led by Lieutenant O. H. Taylor that set out to destroy the mines in the dumps. A half-hour later, something went terribly wrong. There was a terrific explosion and all were killed. No evidence was ever found to indicate why the tragedy had occurred.

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