LENTON, Roy Mandeville
Service Numbers: | Commissioned Officer, Officer |
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Enlisted: | 1 January 1907 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Last Unit: | 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication |
Born: | Nailsworth, South Australia, 27 June 1888 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Norwood High School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Professional Soldier |
Died: | Natural causes, Daw Park Repat Hospital, South Australia, 1 February 1962, aged 73 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Rose Park Congregational Church Great War Roll of Honour, St Johns No 36, Yarrowee No 10, Orion No 53 Lodges |
Biography
Roy Lenton was in the Army pre WWI (1907) and served in the AIF during the Great War. He was wounded and returned to Australia, being discharged on 14 May 1918.
Despite his permanent injuries he continued in the Army upon return to Australia and served in Adelaide during WW2.
Having joined the Army in 1907 as a Private, Roy finally retired in 1949 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Roy's WWI service record can be found at THIS LINK (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
Roy was awarded an MBE in 1943
Roy died in 1962