HAULTAIN, Helen Frances Jane Cynthia
| Service Numbers: | N270307, NFX76581 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) |
| Born: | Calcutta, India, 13 October 1904 |
| Home Town: | Ingleburn, Campbelltown Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Lost At Sea - Ship Centaur Torpedoed, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Memorial Rose Garden, Ingleburn Sister Helen F.J.C. Haultain Memorial, Ingleburn Sister Helen F.J.C. Haultain Memorial Park, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N270307 | |
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| 30 May 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N270307 | |
| 30 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), NFX76581, 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) | |
| 14 May 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NFX76581, 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur), Australian Army Nursing Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Helen Frances Jane Cynthia HAULTAIN was born in Calcutta, India on 13th October, 1904 - she was known as Cynthia
Her parents were Henry Graham HAULTAIN & Helen Caroline HILL who married in India - she had a brother Charles Theodore Graham HAULTAIN & sister Sybil Agatha HAULTAIN
Cynthia arrived in Australia on the ship James from Calcutta on 14th June, 1920 with her mother, sister & brother
She first enlisted in Sydney on 15th May, 1941 (SN N270307)as a Lieutenant in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AMF) and was discharged two weeks later on 30th May, 1941 - she immediately re-enlisted on the same day (SN NFX76581)
Cynthia was missing believed drowned at sea off Brisbane on the ship Centaur which had been torpedoed by a japanese submarine on 14th May, 1943
Her name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Sydney Memorial in Rookwood, Sydney, Panel 4
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Her brother Charles Theodore Graham HAULTAIN (SN 187) was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF and was discharged on 13th October, 1942 and then joined the Royal Australian Navy as a Lieutenant -
Charles was onboard the HMAS Penquin which was sent to look for survivors from the ship Centaur - he had no idea his sister was onboard & sadly her body was never found
He was discharged from the Navy on 10th December, 1946
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