HISLOP, Harry
| Service Number: | WX2895 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | West Midland, Western Australia, , 17 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 23 September 1989, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX2895 | |
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| 13 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX2895 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harry was the second youngest of twelve children of Alfred Hislop (b1871 in Quindalup WA) and Alice Mary Harwood (b1875 in Quindalup WA). Alfred - a Horse Trainer and Racer - and Alice married in 1896 in Quindalup WA. Alfred joined the Railways and the family lived in Quindalup, Bunbury, Brunswick Junction, Fremantle and Perth.
Harry - a Butcher - married Mavis Bertha Larsen (b1919 in Fremantle WA) in 1934. Harry was a member of the 44th Battalion Militia Band with his six brothers, and a member of the Leederville Town Band with brother Curly.
In May 1940 Harry enlisted in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:WX2895), and was attached to 2/16 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in October 1945. Six of Harry's brothers served in WWI/WWII.
Harry and Mavis divorced, and in 1945 in Perth WA, Harry married Marion Elizabeth Anderson (b1909 in Ballarat, Victoria).Marion had worked in Busselton WA as a Telephonist and in Perth as a Ward Maid. Harry and Marion settled in Perth, where Harry worked as a Truck Driver, Dry Cleaner and Labourer. He died in 1989 and Marion in 1968.