Cyril Boyd Fenton (1897–1922)
Cyril Boyd Fenton, 1916 photographer unknown
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club
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.
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Additional Resources
- 'Heroic act of an S.P.C. student, Ballarat', Advocate (Melbourne), 22 July 1911, p 24
- World War I service record, item B2455, FENTON C B (National Archives of Australia)
- air accident, West Wimmera Mail and Natimuk Advertiser, 13 April 1917, p 4
- death notice, Argus (Melbourne), 24 January 1922, p 1
Citation details
'Fenton, Cyril Boyd (1897–1922)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fenton-cyril-boyd-23214/text32413, accessed 9 December 2023.
Cyril Boyd Fenton, 1916 photographer unknown
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club
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Birth
11 April,
1897
Terang,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
21 January,
1922
(aged 24)
Brighton Beach,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
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