BACON, Harold Keith
| Service Number: | 456 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia , 25 February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Orange WW1 Honour Board, Spring Hill Commemorative Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 456 | |
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| 26 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 456, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robyn Bacon
After being discharged from the Army, Harold Keith Bacon, married a widow in 1919, who had 3 children from her previous marriage.
Harold and Elizabeth decided to adopted a child of their own. In 1927, they found a 5 year old boy, whose Mother, had 5 children, but no husband to help support the family, and we are led to believe, the 5 year old was given up for adoption to Harold and Elizabeth, to bring up and educate him as their own.
William Roland Langbein, officially took his adoptive parents surname and the became William Roland Bacon.
William Roland Bacon, also joined the services in WW2, as a Leading Aircraftsman in the No 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot in Milne Bay, New Guinea.
When WW2 was over, Harold Keith Bacon's grandchildren, use to go and spend time with him, talking about the WW1, WW2, and the Vietnam War's, which his grandson Warren William Bacon was also a Veteran.
Harold Keith Bacon, known as "Poppy", died in 1966.
RIP ...
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