HALLENAN, Royston Max
| Service Number: | N468260 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1912 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
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World War 2 Service
| 4 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, N468260, 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 30 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, N468260, 12th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Royston was the fifth of six children of James Hallinan (b1870 in Lake Town via Geelong, Victoria) and Louisa (Gina) Georgina Searby (b1877 in Geelong, Victoria. James - a Labourer - and Gina married in 1911 in Geelong, Victoria. By 1917 the family had moved to Wollongong, NSW and James enlisted with the AIF (Private; Service No:56982). James and Gina settled in Wollongong where James worked as a Labourer.
Royston worked as an Electrician in Wollongong, and in 1939 married Clarice May Richards (b1914 in Wollongong, NSW) - Clarice was a Shop Assistant. In June 1943 Royston enlisted with the ACMF and was a Lance Bombardier (Service No:N468260) attached to 12 VDC when he was Discharged in November 1945. Brother Alfred (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:79524) served with the RAAF in WWII.
Royston and Clarice remained in Wollongong, where Royston worked as an Electician and a Fitter. Clarice died in 1997.