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HAINES, Lancelot Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX1882 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
1 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.