Edmund George HASKETT

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HASKETT, Edmund George

Service Number:	3235
Enlisted:	25 January 1917, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Hawker, South Australia, 25 May 1897
Home Town:	Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer/Labourer
Died:	19 June 1973, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation
Memorials:	Willunga War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
22 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3235, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3235, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, RMS Morea, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3235, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

31 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Keswick, SA

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Wounded 3235, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Peter Cates

Born at Hawker in the Flinders Ranges, Edmund George (Ted) Haskett, the youngest son of a farmer, moved with his family to live at Pages Flat Road, Willunga at anearly age. After finishing school Ted worked as a Labourer and enlisted aged 19.

He served until 16 May 1919, when he became seriously ill with tonsillitis and diptheria and returned to Australia.

After the war Ted worked as a builders' labourer. He married Lydia Sabina Boothey on 27 October 1923 and the came to live at Willunga, raising five children. In 1939 they owned a dairy farm on Victor Harbor Road, which the family ran while Ted served again in World War II, based at Keswick Barracks.

In 1951 Ted sold the dairy property and the family moved to Whyalla, where he was employed by BHP until retiring to Port Noarlunga. He and Lydia moved to Morphett Vale in 1971 to live with one of their daughters. He died two years later aged 76 years. His widow died on 30 November 1988 aged 85.

Excerpt from book: "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by The Willunga Recreational Park.

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