Thomas Patrick (Tom) HEGNEY

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HEGNEY, Thomas Patrick

Service Numbers:	W20989, WX38934
Enlisted:	24 December 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 April 1920
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Jarrahdale Primary School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Meter Fixer
Died:	Wanneroo, Western Australia, 25 February 1987, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

24 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W20989, 16th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
14 Jul 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W20989, 16th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
15 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX38934, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF
2 Nov 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX38934, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ex Darwin, NT to Jacquinot Bay per USAT Evangeline
18 Nov 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
17 Sep 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX38934, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ex Jacquinot Bay to Brisbane per Tarooma
30 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, WX38934, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Tom was the second of five children of Patrick (Paddy) Hegney (b1894 in Smeaton, Victoria) and Margaret (Maggie) Ellen Wall (nee Nettleton; b1895 in Jarrahdale, WA). Paddy (a Fitter) and Maggie married in 1918 in Jarrahdale, WA. The couple settled in Jarrahdale, WA where Paddy worked as an Engineer before moving to Canning in 1930 where Paddy worked as a Fitter.

Tom was a Junior Assistant Meter Fixer in December 1941 when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W20989) with 16 (WA) Battalion VDC. He was Discharged in July 1943 to enlist in the AIF (Private, Lance Corporal; Service No:WX38934) with 16th Infantry battalion. Tom served in the Northern Territory (24 March 1943 - 30 November 1944) and New Guinea (21 November 1944 to 15 September 1945) and was Discharged on 30 November 1945.

In 1944 Tom married Roma Frances Taylor (b1923 in Coolgardie, WA) in Perth WA. The couple settled in Perth, WA where Tom worked as a Meter Fixer before moving to Nollamara. Tom worked as a Linesman from the early 1960s and he and Roma moved to Wanneroo, WA in the early 1970s. Tom and Roma both died in 1987.

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