ANSCOMBE, Darren William
| Service Number: | VX132879 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depots |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 January 1923 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Miami, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1995, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Darren was the only son of William Samuel Frank Anscombe (born 1897 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Edith Martha Stringer (born 1899 in Scoresby, Victoria). William - a Carpenter in Melbourne - married Edith in 1921 and they settled in Melbourne to raise their family. By the early 1930s William was a Dairy Manager, and in 1942 he enlisted in the Army (Corporal; Service No:52387). After the War he was a Trade Inspector.
Darren was a Salesman in the Northern Territory when he enlisted in the Army (Service No:VX132879). He was attached to 1 Australian Bulk Petrol Storage Coy when he was Discharged in July 1946.
In 1949 Darren was a Salesman in Melbourne, Victoria when he married Dawn (Valerie) Machin (born in Melbourne, Victoria). Darren and Valerie moved to Swan Hill, Mallee in 1950 and Darren worked as a Saleman and Garage Proprietor. In the mid 1960s the family moved to Hightown in Corangamite, Victoria where Darren was a Newsagent. He retired to Miami on the Gold Coast in QLD, where he died in 1995.