FENTON, Ronald Franklin
Service Number: | 412938 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) |
Born: | Kelly's Plains, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1922 |
Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Ground Battle, Bournemouth, England, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 23 May 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Bournemouth North Cemetery, England Bournemouth North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial |
World War 2 Service
15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 412938, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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15 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412938 | |
23 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 412938, 20 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Attack by Luftwaffe FW190 aircraft which damaged hotels in Bournemouth administered by RAAF Number 3 Personnel Despatch & Reception Centre as leave / recreation centres.
3PDRC operated in Bournemouth from July 1941 to January 1946 administering RAAF and some RCAF personnel. 21 airmen were killed in the raid: 3 members of the RAF; 13 RCAF and 7 RAAF
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