FELSTEAD, Milton
| Service Numbers: | SX30453, S40651 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1942, Gunnedah, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | Z Special Unit |
| Born: | Berri, South Australia, 8 November 1923 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Berri and Norwood Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 4 June 2012, aged 88 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Dec 1942: | Involvement Bombardier, SX30453 | |
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| 13 Dec 1942: | Involvement Bombardier, S40651 | |
| 13 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Gunnedah, NSW | |
| 13 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, SX30453, Z Special Unit | |
| 12 Jun 1946: | Discharged | |
| 12 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Bombardier, SX30453, Z Special Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas David FELSTEAD of 24 Beulah Road, Norwood, SA. Educated at Berri and Norwood, Milton was interested in athletics and rowing and competed successfully in Wood, Son & Co.'s sheffield handicap, gaining trophy and winning many other prizes over sheffield distances. He was cox of a Torrens rowing crew for many years and won open eights at Port Adelaide in the 1939 Regatta and was the cox of the winning crew in "Walsh Fours" Torrens Club in 1935. In civilian life he was a clerk at Wood, Son & Co's Adelaide and joined the Militia in April 1942. After four months he transferred to the Australian Armoured Division.
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