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John and Julie Tucker Family History
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 1910 - 1995 (85 years)
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Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint |
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15 Jan 1910 |
Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia  |
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Male |
| War Service |
22 May 1941 |
World War II |
- Cecil enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Mascot in Sydney New South Wales. He was discharged at the end of the war on 5th December 1945.
Cecil was promoted on the following dates:
Aircraftsman1 22 May 1941
Leading Aircraftsman 01 June 42
Corporal 01 December 1943
Sargent 01 January 1945
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| Military Honours |
1941 - 1945 |
World War II Military Honours |
- Cecil was awarded the following decorations:
Return from Active Service
Pacific Star
War Medal 1939 - 1945
Australian Service Medal 1939 - 1945
The Defence Medal
1939 - 1945 Star
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| Death |
22 Sep 1995 |
San Remo, Victoria, Australia |
- Late of San Remo, Victoria, Australia
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| Person ID |
I6148 |
Tucker Family Tree | Bottcher family tree |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2008 |
| Family |
Alma Rose Neal, b. 10 Dec 1911, St Peters, New South Wales, Australia d. 29 Aug 1999 (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jan 1930 |
St Peters, New South Wales, Australia |
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F1899 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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16 Jul 2008 |
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 | Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint
Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint, husband of Alma Rose Neal, taken in 1950 |
 | Alma and Cecil Faint
Alma (nee Neal) and Cecil Faint about 1994, 64 years of Marriage. |
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- Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint born 15 Jan 1910 at Gundagai New South Wales. He was the husband of Alma Rose Neal and they were married on 25th January 1930 at St Peters. He did compulsory military service in 1929 and on the 22nd May 1941 at the age of 31 enlisted in the RAAF as a motor Transport driver. His address at the time of enlistment was 50 Tramway Street Mascot New South Wales.
On 1.3.1942 he was posted to Darwin and remained their during the Japanese Air Attacks. He also served at Parkes, Tocumwall Orange and Port Moresby.
On the 10th March 1944 he embarked from Australia for Morotai and joined the 14 Repair and Servicing Unit on Morotai. The Australian Airfield Construction Squadrons were known as "The Flying Shovels".
The Morotai airfield operation was clearly crucial, for its bases would permit the RAAF to support the planned landings. Three Battalions arrived earlier and their camp site consisted mainly off foxholes. The inevitable rain soon began. It developed at once that for more material then usual would have to be removed. Then Morotai coral proved unexpectedly hard, thus aggravating the hauling problem when there were already too few vehicles.
On 1st January 1945 Cecil was promoted to Sargeant.
One of the battalion commanders afterwards wrote that almost all the details ahd been irritating. Nails for example, were almost unobtainable. They had continuous, infuriating mechanical and technical problems. In addition to the usual sicness, sprains and back injuries, the men had suffered particularly from skin disorders on Morotai.
Yet, he added that the construction on Morotai had been carefully controlled and directed and that a good spirit had prevailed. Morotai acquired the reputation of being the most efficient engineering job ever conducted tin the South West Pacific Area to that date.
He was discharged from the RAAF on the 5th December 1945
Cecil died on the 22nd September 1995, late of San Remo New South Wales, aged 85 years
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