Austin George FENTON MBE MID

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Service Number:	NX484
Enlisted:	11 April 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	Military Historical Section HQ
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1905
Home Town:	Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Journalist- (Sub-editor, Newcastle Morning Herald)
Died:	Accidental, New Guinea, 28 January 1945, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 8. Row A. Collective Grave 19-26. Inscription: "BELOVED HUSBAND OF DOROTHY. FATHER OF TIM. HELEN & GREGORY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beecroft War Memorial Cenotaph

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, NX484
11 Apr 1940:	Enlisted NX484
11 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX484
28 Jan 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, Military Historical Section HQ, Died in plane crash New Guinea.
19 Jul 1945:	Honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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