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War Service record for World War 2: Private, William Eric Stuckey, SX28147, Service Australian Army, Date of Birth 12 January 1922, Place of Birth Wallaroo, SA, Date of Enlistment 15 January 1943, Locality on Enlistment Black Forest, SA, Place of Enlistment Adelaide River, NT, Next of Kin Stuckey, Dorothy, Date of Discharge 7 January 1946, Posting at Discharge 27 Australian Infantry Battalion, Additional Service Numbers S21344.
Memories by Marcelle.
Eric married Dorothy Ada Fullwood, known as Doss at the Methodist Church, Colonial Light Gardens on 1st September 1945. He was a butcher by trade. He had his own butcher shop and after selling that he worked mostly at large supermarkets still as a butcher. He then went into the second-hand trade and owned various shops buying and selling. One of which was on Marion road near Daws Road and I went there with Mum and Dad in the 1980's. His son Trevor joined him, going to auctions and house sales bidding for goods. They moved to Premises on South road Edwardstown and were there for many years. Trevor eventually sold the business in approx 2002 and 5 years later had a heart attack and died. Eric died 4 months later. I believe that much of Eric's behaviour to Mum and family is related to his War service. The extremities they suffered was not spoken about when the servicemen came back from the war. I remember him as having a great sense of humour but also at times emotionally depressed.