HAFFENDEN, William Henry
| Service Number: | 302 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 8 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Holland Park West, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central Technical College, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1973, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 302, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 302, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 302, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 4 Apr 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 302, 9th Infantry Battalion, M/U flat foot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Henrys parents were William Henry HAFFENDEN and Phoebe Alice TURNER who married in Camberwell, England in 1893
William & his father William & brother Frank arrived in Brisbane on 27th November, 1911 on the ship Otranto - his Mother Phoebe and other siblings followed on the ship Marathon in December, 1912
Four of his brothers served as follows
1. Frank HAFFENDEN (SN128) died of wounds in WW1 in 1915
2. Wilfred John HAFFENDEN (SN383) died of illness in WW1 in 1916
3. Stanley Jack HAFFENDEN (SN50641) served in WW1 , returned to Australia in 1919 & served in WW2 (SN401493) discharged 1941
4. Leslie HAFFENDEN (SNQX31366) served in WW2 and was discharged in 1944
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