WILLEY, Harold Charles James
| Service Number: | W57782 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia , 25 September 1911 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 August 1975, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W57782 | |
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| 20 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W57782 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harold was the eldest of two children of Charles Henry Willey (b1883 in Ferguson, WA) and Maude Alice White (b1887 in Mathoura, NSW). Charles (a Wood Carter) and Maude (a Tailoress) married in 1911 in Bunbury WA. Charles worked as a Post Office Official in Bunbury before moving the family to Fremantle where he worked as a Clerk/Civil Servant.
Harold was a Plaster Board Worker/Plasterer in Fremantle WA when he enlisted in the ACMF in February 1942 - his Attestation Papers state he was married to Jenney and both were living with his parents in McKimmie St in Fremantle. Harold served as a Private/Gunner (Service No:W57782) with Heavy Artillery Fremantle and was Discharged in November 1944. He continued living with his parents until the late 1950s, when he was working as a Storeman. In the early 1960s he moved to Claremont and worked as a Manufacturer until his death in 1975.
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