HALLENAN, Alfred
| Service Number: | 79524 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Branch Manager |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1993, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 12 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 79524, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
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| 24 Sep 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 79524, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Alfred was the youngest of six children of James Halnan Hallenan (b1870 in Modewarre, Victoria) and Louisa (Gina) Georgina Searby (b1877 in Geelong, Victoria). James - a Labourer - and Gina married in 1911 in Geelong, Victoria. By 1918 the family was living in Wollongong, NSW where James worked as a Labourer. In February 1918 James enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:5692) and served in Suez with 14th Light Horse Regiment until January 1919. James and Gina settled in Wollongong, NSW where James was a Labourer.
Alfred commenced work at fourteen years of age in Wollongong, NSW as a Junior Salesman for Frederick Ash Pty Ltd (Hardware Store). He was the Lismore Branch Manager/Travelling Salesman for the company in 1935 when he married Velma Mary Vewkoff (b1916 in Sydney, NSW). Alfred enlisted in the RAAF in November 1942 (Aircraftman 1; Service No:79524) and served with No 2 Fighter Sector HQ and No 105 Fighter Sector. He was a Leading Aircraftman attached to 7 Aircraft Depot when he was Discharged in September 1945. Brother Royston (Lance Bombardier; Service No:N468260) served with the ACMF.
Alfred and Velma settled in Lismore, where Alfred was the Branch Manager/Travelling Salesman for the same company. He and Velma divorced in 1959 and Alfred relocated to Sydney NSW in 1980. He died in 1993.
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