Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint

Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint

Male 1910 - 1995  (85 years)

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  • Name Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint 
    Birth 15 Jan 1910  Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    War Service 22 May 1941  World War II Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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


    Military Honours 1941 - 1945  World War II Military Honours Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Late of San Remo, Victoria, Australia
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1999 (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1930  St Peters, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Lillian Faint,   b. 18 Sep 1930   d. 12 Oct 2004, Blacktown, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +2. M.T. Faint
    +3. J.R. Faint
     4. A.S. Faint
    +5. K.C. Faint
    +6. W.H. Faint
    Family ID F1899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2008 

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    Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint
    Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint
    Cecil Alfred Arthur Faint, husband of Alma Rose Neal, taken in 1950
    Alma and Cecil Faint
    Alma and Cecil Faint
    Alma (nee Neal) and Cecil Faint about 1994, 64 years of Marriage.
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  • Notes 
    • 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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