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HACKETT, Frank Morgan
| Service Number: | 19362 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Grower |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 19362, 14th Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 19362, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 19362 |
Frank Morgan Hackett
Frank Morgan Hackett was born in London, England in 1875. He arrived in South Australia on the Howenstaufen on the 17th May 1891 with his widowed mother Margaret and his sister Caroline Elizabeth. Hackett purchased 56 acres of land at Forest Range in 1901 and planted an orchard on the property. He is remembered as a successful and progressive fruitgrower {Bishop p 110}. In their early years in the area the Hacketts lived in an old house deep in a gully on the property, but Frank later built a substantial home on higher ground. Hackett enlisted on the 12th March 1917, aged 41 and cited his mother Mrs Margaret Hackett of Forest Range as next of kin. He served in Moascar, Egypt from the 10th December 1917 until the termination of the war and was discharged on the 1st October 1919. Hackett later married May Reilly.
Submitted 10 October 2023 by christopher collins