FENTON, Cyril Boyd
| Service Number: | 9228 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Dermatological Hospital |
| Born: | Terang, Vic., 11 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Natimuk, Horsham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Patrick's College Ballarat |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | War Related Injuries, Brighton Beach, Vic., 21 January 1922, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic R 32 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9228, 1st Dermatological Hospital, Ballarat, Vic. | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 9228, 1st Dermatological Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 9228, 1st Dermatological Hospital, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CYRIL BOYD FENTON, son of Mr. George A. and Mrs. Katie M. Fenton, was born at Terang, Victoria, on 11th April, 1897. He was educated at St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, and entered the service of the Bank in that city on 9th August, 1914.
He enlisted in August, 1915, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and attached to the Royal Flying Corps. In this service he met with a serious accident involving a fall of 100 feet, and remained in hospital for seven months. Thereafter he resumed duty, but was made prisoner in March, 1918, and arrived back in England in December of the same year, one month after the signing of the Armistice.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
FENTON.—On the 21st January, at Brighton Beach, Cyril Boyd (late lieutenant Royal Air Force), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fenton, National Bank, Carlton, aged 24 years. (Interred privately, Brighton Cemetery, on 23rd January.) R.I.P.
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