HASKETT, Raymond Sylvester Roy
| Service Number: | S112060 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1943, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Yankalilla, South Australia, 5 December 1924 |
| Home Town: | Myponga, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Hindmarsh Tiers School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 22 November 2019, aged 94 years |
| Cemetery: |
Victor Harbor General Cemetery, South Australia General Section, Plot 4059, Row 31 |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh Valley Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jan 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S112060, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 18 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 18 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S112060 | |
| 5 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Raymond Sylvester Roy HASKETT was born in Yankalilla, SA on 5th December, 1924
His parents were Aloysius George HASKETT & Minnie Grace Anastasia CLARKE who married in the Roman Catholic Church in Normanville, SA on 30th August, 1905
He married Margaret Jean NEWTON in St Augustines Church in Victor Harbor SA on 8th April, 1947 - two children, Kingsley & Meredith
He died on 22nd November, 2019 in Adelaide & is buried in Victor Harbour Cemetery - there is a monument with his name in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance in Mitcham.
"Those we love don't go away
they walk beside us every day
unseen, unheard, but always near
still loved, still missed and very dear"
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4 of his brothers also served during WW2
1. George Edwin James HASKETT (SX860) & (S56523) - discharged 22.7.1943
2. Lindsay Andrew Elliott HASKETT (SX9493) - 18 Machine Gun Regiment - discharge date unknown
3. Francis Arthur Albert HASKETT (S56438) & (SX37135) - discharged 11.1.1946
4. Cleveland Colin Francis HASKETT (SX18160) - discharged 8.3.1946
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