POWELL, Harley Robert
| Service Number: | W48323 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 3 June 1904 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 28 June 1995, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W48323 | |
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| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W48323 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harley was the third of four children of Arthur Powell (b1870 in Boyanup, WA) and Mary Stinton Ecclestone (b1872 in Picton Junction, WA). Arthur (a Blacksmith) and Mary married in 1897 in Bunbury, WA. In 1904 the family moved to Northam, WA where Arthur was a Blacksmith.
Harley completed a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) at UWA, where he was a Cadet. He joined the Department of Agriculture in Perth as a Civil Servant - starting as an Advisor. In 1933 he married Hilda Drabble King (b1907 in Fremantle, WA) - Hilda had studied in Perth and was a Teacher in Orange, NSW. Harley and Hilda settled in Perth, where Harley was Superintendent of Horticulture with the WA Department of Agriculture. He served in the ACMF from March 1942 - August 1945 and was a Private (Service No:W48323) attached to 1 (Perth) Battalion VDC.
Harley and Hilda lived in Perth where Harley was a Civil Servant with the Department of Agriculture. He died in 1995 and Hilda in 1999.