WALDRON, Hercules Xavier Norman
| Service Number: | SX2033 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 10 December 1902 |
| Home Town: | Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stevedore |
| Died: | Illness, South Australia, 31 December 1979, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Mar 1940: | Involvement Private, SX2033, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 8 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2033, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2033, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Hercules Xavier Norman WALDRON was born in Norwood, South Australia on 10th December, 1902
His parents were Norman WALDRON & Bessie McLAREN
He married Charlotte Grace Agnes BOWDEN in St Pauls Church, Port Adelaide on 8th August, 1925
He died on 31st December, 1979, last abode was at Largs North, WA and is buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery in Adelaide
Biography contributed by Patricia Schroeder
In order to enlist, Norm had to lie about his birth date.
While on active service overseas he received an award from the Royal Humane Society for saving a drowning boy in the Port River, Port Adelaide in 1940. This was presented to his daughter at Government House, Adelaide in his absence.
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