Harry Edward HAMILTON

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HAMILTON, Harry Edward

Service Numbers:	V500028, PX122
Enlisted:	3 August 1942
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Born:	Midland Junction, Western Australia, 14 November 1909
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 17 January 1959, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

3 Aug 1942:	Enlisted V500028
30 Jan 1943:	Enlisted PX122, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
21 Dec 1945:	Discharged PX122, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Date unknown:	Discharged V500028

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Harry was the fifth of six children of John Andrew Craig Hamilton (b1871 in New Zealand) and Herbertina Mary Agnes Smerdon (b1871 in Sulky Gully, Victoria). John - a Labourer - and Herbertina were in Perth, WA in 1898 when their first child was born. They then moved to Jarradale, WA before returning to Miner's Rest, Victoria in 1904. By 1909 the family had returned to WA, where John - a Labourer - and Herbertina married in 1911. By 1917 John was an Engine Driver in Midland Junction, and the family moved to Perth in the 1920s, where Herbertina was a Shopkeeper.

Harry was a Clerk in Perth WA when he enlisted in the ACMF in August 1942 (Service No:V500028). In January 1943 he was in New Guinea when he enlisted in the Army, serving with Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (Captain; Service No:PX122). He was Discharged in December 1945. Brothers Herbert (Bugler, Private; Service No:663) and Leonard (Len) William (Sapper; Service No:21772) served in WWI and Len also served in WWII (Flight Lieutenant; Service No:16587). Brother Jack Craig served as a Cadet with the Militia (10th Light Horse; Service No:05/240190) from January 1919 to March 1920.

Harry returned to Perth, WA where he lived with his mother Herbertina and worked as a Clerk. Harry died in 1959.

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