HART, Robert Maxwell
| Service Number: | SX6035 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Clarence Park, South Australia , 11 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Flooring Contractor |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia , 2000, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jun 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, SX6035 | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX6035 | |
| 18 Sep 1945: | Discharged |
Robert Maxwell Hart
He was the oldest of 2 boys to Walter and Gladys Hart of Colonel Light Gardens. His younger brother served in the AirForce. Dad served in the AIF, forged his fathers signature to join up as he was actually born in 1920 (not 1919 as shown on his records) Training at Woodside and Keswick in Adelaide. Went to war serving in the 2nd 43rd Battaliion, in Borneo, Eygpt and Tobruk was shot in the back, repatriated and returned to active service and was shot again in the leg and once again repatriated.
After the war he returned home and worked as a motor trimmer at General Motors Holden in Woodville SA, later becoming a flooring contractor laying linoleum and carpets for Solomons Flooring .. he fathered 11 children. As of 2023 (July) known 20 grandchildren and 28? Great Grandchildren and 1? Great Great Grandchild.
He passed in August 2020 not quite reaching 80 years. Dad always said he wanted an OBE (Over Bloody Eighty)
As with a lot of returned service men, there were many stories told of his time in the war, always funny ones (never the horrors)
Hopefully my siblings will add to this as they find it. Being the youngest of the family I only know what I remember and what I gained from Service Recirds obtained from Canberra
Submitted 20 July 2023 by Dianne S
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