Harry Alfred CONDER

CONDER, Harry Alfred

Service Number: SX6171
Enlisted: 21 June 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: 4 AASTC
Born: Portsmouth, England, 15 November 1904
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Portsmouth, England
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Poisoned, Gawler Place, Adelaide, South Australia, 25 December 1953, aged 49 years
Cemetery: Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia
Section F, Drive A, Path 32, Site 313S
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World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940: Involvement SX6171
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, SX6171
14 Aug 1943: Discharged
14 Aug 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, SX6171, 4 AASTC

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs. H.A. CONDER of Portsmouth, England.  Harry was married with three children and residing at 7 Gertrude Street, Port Pirie when he enlisted in June 1940.  Educated in Portsmouth England he was fond of football.  In civil life he was employed by the Port Pirie Harbours Board.  He saw service in the Middle East, Palestine and Tobruk.  His father and two brothers were killed in the Great War.

Man Died From
Poison
An unidentified poison had killed a 48-year-old man, the City Coroner (Mr. T. E. Cleland) found at an inquest yesterday. The inquest was into the death  of Harry Alfred Conder, of Green street, St. Morris. He died on December 25 last year in Gawler place, city. 
Mr. Cleland said he was unable to say how Conder had ingested the poison, but there was no evidence to suggest that it was administered to him unlawfully or that he took it of his own act.

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