Herbert Frederick FENTON

FENTON, Herbert Frederick

Service Numbers: V46468, VX110572
Enlisted: 14 August 1940, 3rd Division Army Service Corps
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots
Born: Sale, Victoria, Australia, 4 August 1915
Home Town: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Leaving Certificate
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural Causes , Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia , 23 July 2009, aged 93 years
Cemetery: Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

14 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V46468, Australian Army Service Corps, 3rd Division Army Service Corps
16 Apr 1941: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Australian Army Service Corps, 3rd Division AASC Seymour Camp
18 Jan 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Australian Army Service Corps
14 Mar 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, 3 Army Trades Training Depot, Motor Vehicle Section
9 Oct 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX110572
17 Jul 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX110572, Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Darwin /16 Mile/ Adelaide River Depots in the Northern Territory 17th July 1943 till 26th November 1945.
7 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX110572

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

For service in the Northern Territory between 1943-45, Staff Sergeant Fenton was Awarded the Defence Medal, War Medal & Australian Service Medal 1939-45.