Edward John MARSTON

MARSTON, Edward John

Service Number: VX39064
Enlisted: 19 November 1940
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: Headquarters Staff
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1899
Home Town: Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft Accident, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 26 November 1943, aged 44 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement VX39064
19 Nov 1940: Enlisted
19 Nov 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, VX39064
26 Nov 1943: Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, VX39064, Headquarters Staff, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lodestar aircraft VH-CAB operated by Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) for the Allied Directorate of Air Transport crashed shortly after take-off from Wards airstrip near Port Moresby, New Guinea with all on board killed.  Australian service personnel buried at Bomana -

McCARTHY, John Francis (Major) NX7195 (2nd Echelon Land HQ)

BOLGER, John Benedict (Lieutenant Colonel) NX462 (2/6th Field Regiment)

MARSTON, Edward John (Lieutenant Colonel) VX39064 (HQ 11 Australian Division)

CAMPBELL, William Geoffrey (Squadron Leader) RAAF 261730 (Qantas Captain - Pilot)

HENDERSON, John Randolph Fleming (Pilot Officer) RAAF 410863 (Qantas First Officer)

LITTLE, Keith George (Flying Officer) RAAF 267726 (Qantas Engineer)

EVAN, Neil Grosvenor (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 417064 (Wireless Operator)

JENKE, Leslie Harold (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 8868 (Equipment Assistant)

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