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Arthur Ferdinand Yencken CMG, MC, (1 April 1894 – 18 May 1944) was an Australian businessman the son of Edward Lowenstern Yencken and his English-born wife Florence (née Orr), the family had built up a very large and successful business over two generations. Like his father before him he was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (B.A., 1919). He was killed in an aircrash in Spain on 18 May 1944. ==World War I service== He joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War I being commissioned as Second Lieutenant into 6th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 21 August 1914, and promoted to Lieutenant on 28 July 1915. On 1 June 1916 he was promoted to Lieutenant and confirmed as a Temporary Captain. and confirmed on 1 July 1917. As a Lieutenant and Acting Captain he was further promoted to Acting Major on 22 May 1918 while commanding a Battery. On 26 September 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross. The citation was carried on 10 January 1918 as below: Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Arthur Ferdinand Yencken, R.F.A. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when his battery was being heavily shelled. He went to the rescue of several men who were imprisoned in a smashed dug-out, and persisted in digging them out. He subsequently put out the fire, which was threatening great damage to his battery position, under continuous and heavy shell fire. Yencken relinquished his commission on 7 June 1919 as a Major. For his service as an Acting Major with 236 London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Douglas Haig in the London Gazette on 7 July 1919. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Ferdinand Yencken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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