HAGAN, William
| Service Numbers: | QX28429, Q226338 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Milmerran, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1903 |
| Home Town: | Cecil Plains, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1988, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Jan 1942: | Involvement QX28429 | |
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| 13 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX28429 | |
| 23 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX28429 | |
| 10 May 1942: | Involvement Private, Q226338, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
| 10 May 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 10 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q226338, 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 14 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| 14 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q226338, 7th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the fifth of seven children of Bernard Henry Hagan (born 1864 in Beebo, QLD) and Matilda King (born 1874 at Ellengowan Station on the Darling Downs, QLD). Bernard (a Selector) and Matilda married in 1893 and settled in the Darling Downs Region (Milmerran, Pittsworth, Yandilla, Pine Creek). By 1908 Bernard was a Grazier and the family lived at Moonee and Goondiwindi in QLD.
William was a Labourer at Turallin, Pittsworth on the Darling Downs, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF in May 1942. He was a Private (Service No:Q226338) with 7 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) when he was Discharged in September 1943. Brothers Henry and James also served.
William remained in Turallin working as a Labourer until he and wife Ellen (Nell) Alice Swann (nee Foster, born 1928 in Streaky Bay, South Australia) moved to Toowoomba in the early 1970s. William died in 1988 and Nell in 2015.