MAHAFFEY, Henry Robert
Service Numbers: | QX114, 1400102 |
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Enlisted: | 21 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
Born: | Boonah, Queensland, Australia, 27 September 1915 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer (later Prison Officer) |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1985, aged 69 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 26 |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 1400102 | |
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21 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Private, QX114, Brisbane, Queensland | |
22 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, QX114, later QX114 (21/10/1939) & 1400102 | |
26 Feb 1945: | Discharged Signaller, QX114, 7th Division Signals | |
26 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 1400102 |
Korean War Service
11 Nov 1950: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1400102 | |
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11 Nov 1950: | Involvement Private, 1400102, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
23 Mar 1951: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1400102 | |
23 Mar 1951: | Involvement Private, 1400102, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"…Of the 78 staff at Stuart (prison), the chief officer Harry Mahaffey, 53, commands total and absolute respect. Maybe it is because he is a quiet man, a fair man. Maybe it is because he served with the 2-9th in the Middle East during World War II, and at the outbreak of the Korean War got special permission from the Prisons Department for ‘time-off.’ He was with 3 Battalion when the going was rough..." – from the Brisbane Sunday Mail 07 Jul 1968