Anthony George MCEWIN

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MCEWIN, Anthony George

Service Number:	4249
Enlisted:	22 July 1942, Wallgrove, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Houghton, South Australia, 29 November 1923
Home Town:	St Georges, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peters Collegiate School, South Australia
Occupation:	Journalist, Salesman, Manager of OPSM safety Equipment
Died:	Cirrhosis of the Liver, Adelaide, South Australia, 27 October 1988, aged 64 years
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated
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World War 2 Service

22 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Wallgrove, NSW
22 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, 4249
21 Aug 1947:	Discharged

"Up the Poms"

Tony died from cirrhosis of the liver, in the Repatriation Hospital. South Australia.

Tony was a keen follower of Cricket and Australian Rules football.
In the 1950's he was a journalist and used to be a commentator for the Test Cricket broadcasts to the UK. One of Tony's last requests was for his ashes to be spread at the Adelaide Oval. His long time friend, James Grose, was a member of the board of the Adelaide Cricket Club and whilst the ACC would not let Tony's ashes be spread officially (they didn't want to start a trend), a group of Tony's friends gathered there at dawn, drank a toast with Champagne, threw his ashes in the air, and called out "Up the Poms!"

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