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HACKETT, Clarence Gregory
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX2448 |
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Enlisted: | 23 April 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wilmington, SA, 20 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1 July 1945, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Valley Honour Roll, Victor Harbor Newland Memorial Congregational Church Memorial Window |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 Apr 1940: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, SX2448, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
23 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX2448, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Honoured Military Medal |
Personal Stories
WW2
The details provided are taken from the book "Purple and Blue - the history of the 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion AIF (the Adelaide Rifles) 1st published 1958. Clarence is mentioned a few times in the book, and detailed in the index at the rear of the book, as is the citation for the MM - Military Medal awarded for service at Tobruk in May 1941.
Submitted 17 June 2020 by Maxwell HILL