HATELY, Leonard
| Service Number: | 557 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Siege Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Textile Worker |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden Of Remembrance 1, Section 36, Niche 0O |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 557, Siege Artillery Brigade, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 557, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 557, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Severn HATELY and Jane nee FRY, 17 Gertrude Street, Geelong West, Vic.
“Leonard Hately was born in 1897 in Warracknabeal, being the youngest of 11 children of Charles Severn Hately and Jane Fry. The family later moved to Camperdown Victoria and following the tragic death of his father, Charles in 1898 from a tree felling accident in nearby Cobden, Jane moved the family to Gertrude Street Geelong West.
At the time of enlistment on 7 September 1915, Leonard’s occupation was listed as a textile worker, there being many woollen mills in Geelong at the time. He was 18 years & 6 months old when he enlisted and embarked from Sydney on 15 November 1915 on HMAT Orsova. Leonard returned to Australia on 6 September 1919.
Leonard was appointed to the Seige Artillery Brigade, later renamed the 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group. For information on this Group, please refer 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group (/explore/units/270)
Leonard later married Annie Berkinshaw and they had 2 children, Warren born on 13 August 1921 and Audrey (birthdate not recorded), who died in 1934, probably aged 12 years or younger. Leonard later became a policeman and died on 7 July 1942 aged just 45 years. He is buried Fawkner Cemetery.”
Hateley Family History dated 1994, ISBN 0 646 17921 7.
Advice has been received that First Constable Leonard Hately, who had relieved First Constable Bradbury on a number of occasions, passed away on Monday at the age of 45 years. He was very polpular in the Diamond Creek district. First Constable Hately was stationed at Wallan. His only son is serving with the R.A.A.F. in England.
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