HOUNSLOW, Harold Edward
| Service Number: | S69524 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 March 1942, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 3 March 1907 |
| Home Town: | Linden Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Primary School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Greengrocer |
| Died: | Linden Park, South Australia, 29 October 1996, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Involvement Private, S69524 | |
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| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S69524 | |
| 10 Aug 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Harold Edward Hounslow (Service No:S69524) served in the ACMF from 25 March 1942 to 10 August 1944 with 3 Battalion VDC. Brother Max served in the RAAF.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1907, Eddie was eldest of two children (sons) of John James Hounslow (b1875 in Magill, South Australia) and Edith Emily Jane Sparnon (b1882 in Minlaton, South Australia). John (a Gardener) and Edith married in 1906 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and John worked as a Gardener.
Eddie was working as a Greengrocer in 1939 in Adelaide, where he married Sabina (Dorothy) Ann Morris (b1902 in Wallaroo, South Australia). Eddie and Dorothy settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Eddie was a Greengrocer. Dorothy died in 1995 and Eddie in 1996.