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11 Facts About Tony Dell

1.

Anthony Ross Dell was born on 6 August 1945 and is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches in the 1970s.

2.

Tony Dell batted last and made 3 not out in each innings and so was present at the crease when The Ashes were lost.

3.

Anthony H Ross Tony Dell was born on 6 Aug 1945 in New Milton, Hampshire, England.

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Tony Dell lived for some of his childhood in Wales, where he attended Howardian High School in Penylan, Cardiff.

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Tony Dell's parents gave him the name to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred on the day of his birth.

6.

Tony Dell officially had 'H' omitted from his name while at school.

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Tony Dell served in the Vietnam War as a national serviceman in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from May 1967 until March 1968.

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Tony Dell took part in several battles around the Australian base at Nui Dat.

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Tony Dell worked in an advertising agency in Brisbane until the 1990s, when the company collapsed.

10.

Tony Dell founded the PTSD support group Stand Tall for PTS.

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Tony Dell is the subject of the biography And Bring the Darkness Home written with the journalist Greg Milam and published by Pitch Publishing in 2021.