HAINES, Trevor William George
Service Number: | VX37510 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 8 February 1918 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Presumed, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 4 February 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX37510 | |
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22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX37510, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Trevor William George HAINES (VX37510) played tenor horn with the Camberwell Citadel Band and in the Territorial Staff Band. Usually answering to Bill or Will, Haines enlisted at the Victoria Street Drill Hall on 15 July 1940 and was inducted into the AIF at Royal Park on 22 July 1940. He was 28 years of age when he left his employ as a clerk and enlisted in the AIF.