Norman Lindsay Anderson's funeral on Friday 19 June 2015 at the Owen Mohan Memorial Chapel, Shepparton was a beautiful celebration of a legendary Gunner's ninety seven years of life, attended by around 100-130 family, friends and mates. Many family and friends flew in from around the country to help Meryl farewell her beloved Norm.

The family spoke with much reverence and love of a quiet, astute and humble family man who was the pillar of the Anderson family and the broader Shepparton Community, but who was always more at home in his much loved garden than he was in the limelight of society. Whilst the family shared many lovely stories of Norm's love of golf, gardening and greyhounds it was his service history that took pride of place throughout the celebration of his life. From the wonderful collage of photos starting with a young Norm in his uniform during WWII, through his long life with Meryl, family and friends to the concluding photos of Norm leading the 2nd AIF Contingent in the 2013 ANZAC Day Parade in Melbourne surrounded as always by Meryl, their sons, daughter-in-laws, grand and great-grandchildren. A very moving tribute to an extraordinary man, so too was the eulogy delivered by Norm's youngest son Ian, recounting his fathers service history firstly with cadets, later with 108 Battery in the Militia and then during WWII.

Ian touched on significant points of his father’s service history such as his renown as a gun layer achieving a second round, round on target against a moving target during a direct fire shoot (which had not been achieved by others previously).

Norm's service in the Middle East, particularly when his Battery was engaged by two French destroyers off the coast and the Battery responded with direct fire against the destroyers, forcing the destroyers to withdraw under their own smoke screen, throughout this engagement Norm was the layer on his gun and badly injured his right eye (which of course he did not report), and lead to blindness in his right eye later in life and concluding with Norm's involvement and 'Jump' during the legendary 2/4th Australian Field Regiment parachute jump at Nadzab, New Guinea with the 25-Pounder Short Guns on 5 September 1943, in preparation for the 7th Division's landing and advance to capture Lae. The 2/4th Regiment’s jump at Nadzab was undoubtedly Norm's proudest military memory and was conveyed by Ian with much respect, honour and a few tears.