Benjamin Horace Theodore (Ben) HAMMAT

HAMMAT, Benjamin Horace Theodore

Service Number: 48688
Enlisted: 16 June 1942
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: 1 Embarkation Depot
Born: Flagstaff Landing, South Australia, 4 July 1916
Home Town: Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Haslam School, South Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Illness, Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 28 November 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT
Grave R .B .1. 5
Memorials: Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay Courela WW2 Honour Roll, Streaky Bay and District Roll of Honour WW2
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World War 2 Service

16 Jun 1942: Involvement 48688
16 Jun 1942: Enlisted 48688
28 Nov 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 1 Embarkation Depot

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Benjamin Horace Theodore HAMMAT was born in Flagstaff Landing, South Australia on 4th July, 1916

His parents were Thomas Trevillian HAMMAT & Adelaide LLOYD who married in SA on 25th July, 1904

He died on 28th November, 1942 from a pulmonary embolism following surgery for acute appendicitis