Talk:David Dexter

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A fact from David Dexter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that David Dexter, who wrote the New Guinea volume in the series Australia in the War of 1939–1945, was a commando who served in East Timor and New Guinea?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 13:38, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that David Dexter, who wrote the New Guinea volume in the Australia in the War of 1939–1945 series, was a commando who served in East Timor and New Guinea? Source: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dexter-david-st-alban-307
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Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long enough and new enough; no sourcing, copyright, or content issues were found. Hook has good source and meets length and format criterion. QPQ was done.--Orygun (talk) 20:23, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]