Lancelot Frank HAINES

HAINES, Lancelot Frank

Service Number: SX1882
Enlisted: 1 March 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 5 May 1915
Home Town: Firle, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wool Classer
Died: Killed in Action, Syria, 11 June 1941, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Franklin Harbour WW2 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

1 Mar 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
1 Mar 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX1882, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
11 Jun 1941: Involvement Lance Corporal, SX1882, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Beverley Stocker

Lance was son of Mr WM and the late Mrs Haines of Mitchellville. His brothers Charles and Richard also served in WW2. Lance's name is inscribed on the Cowell Street Monument.