HAGAN, Henry
| Service Numbers: | 3569, Q225810 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916, 8th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Milmerran, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Turallin, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Milmerran, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1975, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Millmerran War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3569, 31st Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3569, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3569, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Division Headquarters | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3569, 31st Infantry Battalion, per Port Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
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| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q225810, 7 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) | |
| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Henry was the eldest of seven children of Bernard Henry Hagan (born 1864 at Beebo in QLD) and Matilda King (born 1874 on Ellengowan Station, Darling Downs, QLD). Bernard was a Selector on the Darling Downs when he married Matilda in 1893. They settled at Turallin on the Darling Downs, where Bernard was a Grazier.
Henry was a Stockman at Turallin when he enlisted in the AIF in January 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:3569) with 31st Infantry Battalion and 8th Australian Brigade HQ, and was Discharged in October 1917. Brother James (Service No:4549) served in WWI. In WWII, Henry served with the ACMF as a Sergeant (Service No:Q225810) with 7 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) from April 1942 to October 1945. Brother William (Service No:Q226338) also served with the ACMF in WWII.
Henry returned to Turallin and was working as a Stockman in 1921 when he married Matilda Martha Heckendorf (born 1881 at Walbundrie in NSW). Matilda had worked as a Dressmaker at Turallin and a Cook at Cecil Plains near Dalby, QLD before her marriage. Henry and Matilda lived at Turallin - where Henry worked as a Stockman - before moving to Boobdandilla on the Darling Downs in 1926. Henry worked there as a Labourer until 1930, when he and Matilda returned to Turallin. Matilda died at Turallin in 1956 and Henry in 1975.