Henry Robert (Harry) MAHAFFEY

MAHAFFEY, Henry Robert

Service Numbers: QX114, 1400102
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
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World War 2 Service

21 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 1400102
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 (Army WW2), Private, 1400102

Korean War Service

11 Nov 1950: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1400102
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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Biography 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