Henry Edward HAWKESFORD

HAWKESFORD, Henry Edward

Service Number: W31491
Enlisted: 31 August 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19 Garrison Battalion (WA)
Born: London England, 11 November 1910
Home Town: Cowaramup, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Died: Fremantle, Western Australia, 1 April 2006, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Margaret River Cemetery
Enter first N' gate and several graves up. With Headstone.
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World War 2 Service

31 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W31491, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA)
2 Apr 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W31491, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA)
Date unknown: Involvement W31491

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Biography contributed by Les Westerlund

Grandad, Harry, ( Henry Edward) came to Western Australia, as a Fairbridge Kid from mother England. 

He met my Gmother, Dorothy Elise  Webb 
(1914–1972) also from Fairbridge Farm;

They married as the first Fairbridge Children at the new Church on 17 June 1933.

They got eaten out by rabbits in Manjimup, when Phoebe was born in 1935 and moved to Cowaramup and settled on Waverley Farm in 1936; Famous in Cowaramup; He was Sec of Farmers Union and helped the community; Dot helped the Anglican church;  some children and lots of grandkids; I remember him hand milking and feeding the  cows on the farm about 1965 ish. Their old farm is now Symphony Waters Estate, Cowaramup. 

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