Reg Farrant
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Reg Farrant
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Reg Farrant was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force and made the rank of Flying Officer. On August 7 1945 the Beaufighter he was a member of crew was shot down over the island of Borneo. He suffered a leg injury. Aided by his Flight Lt. Vernon Sims the pair received help by local chinese villagers to evade the Japanese soldiers and managed to get to Miri which was an Australian base.
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Australian rules footballer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Farrant
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2023-05-07T04:11:29Z
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