PRISONER IN GREECE
Auckland Yachtsman
Last seen as a member of a picket guarding a schooner on a Greek beach, Sergeant Francis Tennant Fenton, son of Mrs. R. E. Fenton, 1 Westbury Crescent, Remuera, is now reported to be a prisoner of war in Greece. He was a. member of the legal firm of Earl, Kent, Massey, North and Palmer;
According to a letter received in Auckland, Sergeant Fenton was a member of a party of New Zealand soldiers who discovered the schooner and planned to escape in it. While the remainder of the men hid in a wood till nightfall, Sergeant Fenton and two companions stood guard over the schooner, At nightfall when the soldiers returned to the schooner they found that the , picket had dis appeared.
Sailing that night without the three guards, the party eventually reached Egypt safely. No further word was heard of the men in the picket.
A member of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and of the Panmure Yacht and Boating Club, • Sergeant Fenton was the owner of the C class yacht Gloriana. He was educated at King’s College.
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 81, 11 July 1941, Page 6
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186PRISONER IN GREECE Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 81, 11 July 1941, Page 6
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