Keith Henry HATHERELL

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HATHERELL, Keith Henry

Service Numbers:	V26395, VX124052
Enlisted:	5 August 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 23 May 1921
Home Town:	Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher and Slaughterman
Died:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 2004, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hamilton Lawn Cemetery, Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia The Victorian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

5 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26395, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
22 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V26395, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
23 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX124052, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
7 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX124052, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Keith Henry Hatherell (Service Nos:V26395/VX124052) initially served in the ACMF (5 August 1941 - 22 February 1942) - graded Butcher, attached to 21 Australian Supply Depot Coy AASC. Private Hatherell then served in the AIF (23 February 1943 - 7 December 1945) - graded Butcher, attached to 3 Australian Base Supply Depot.

Keith was born in Hamilton, Victoria in 1921, second of four children of John Henry Hatherell (b1891 in Hamilton, Victoria) and Harriet Susan Rundell (b1892 in Condah, Victoria). John (a Fishmonger) and Harriet married in 1917, and settled in Hamilton where they raised their family and John was a Fishmonger and Butcher.

Keith was working in Hamilton as a Butcher and Slaughterman when he enlisted in the Army in 1941, and in 1945 married Gladys Elma Scott (b1922 in Adelaide, South Australia) - Gladys, a Salewman before enlisting in the Army 1942, was a Corporal in the AWAS (Service No:VF397003). Keith and Gladys settled in Hamilton, where they raised their family and Keith was a Butcher. Gladys died in 2002 and Keith in 2004.

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