Harold David Anderson was a meritorious Australian who brought great distinction and much honour to his country. Anderson displayed strong ethical and moral courage in his realistic pessimism over Vietnam at a time when his views were not always welcomed in Canberra.

An edited extract of remarks by the National President of the AIIA, Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, at a farewell for Melissa Conley Tyler at the National Office, 21 March 2019.