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Tom Mix figure linked to Alpha death recalled
An Alpha obituary recalls Spencer Ernst Ault SVD who lived in Alpha for years and was known as Tom Mix for his tanouts in old times. It notes his war service with the Army Medical Corps, capture in Malaya, three and a half years in prison camps, and return to Australia in 1945 before continuing as a journalist and worker in Alpha.
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Brishasie
Spencer Ernst Ault
Alpis
Tom MIX
Tom
Red
Abkin
Glen Iris
Melbourne
Alpha
Misto
Army Medical Corps
Malaya
Singapore
Changi
Heehee
Australia
Sydney
Greenslopes Hospital
M. _ Fitzgeraldy
J Wisgerald
Fitzgerald
Brisker
Gers
Dus
Allie” Bensey
Lunty
Buentun
Alem
Avi
Bill Devinn
Brus Chowk
Alps
Briswane
Wid
C. Hentiksen
Mms Todd
Fouricksen
Durtin
Arthur Anerson
Brisbane
Harry Anderson
Jack
Ernie
C. McDonald
Rockhampton
Gwen Freeman
Oliday
Meg
McDonald
A.W. Freeman
Jill
Frank McCabe
Gyllipie
Clive Anderson
Bundaberg
Dean O'Brien
Toooomba
Lake Creek
Hobartville
Mount Enniskillen
Tambo
Diggers
le Alpha Branch
Rssalla
Racing Club
Harry Brown
Banli Batts
Messie
Harry Seaman
Michael Cronin
Les Walters