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HAMMAT, Benjamin Horace Theodore
Personal Details
Service Number: | 48688 |
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Enlisted: | 16 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | 1 Embarkation Depot |
Born: | Flagstaff Landing, South Australia, 4 July 1916 |
Home Town: | Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay, South Australia |
Schooling: | Haslam School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Illness, Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 28 November 1942, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory Grave R .B .1. 5 |
Memorials: | Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay and District Roll of Honour WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
16 Jun 1942: | Involvement 48688 | |
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16 Jun 1942: | Enlisted 48688 | |
28 Nov 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 1 Embarkation Depot |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Benjamin Horace Theodore HAMMAT was born in Flagstaff Landing, South Australia on 4th July, 1916
His parents were Thomas Trevillian HAMMAT & Adelaide LLOYD who married in SA on 25th July, 1904
He died on 28th November, 1942 from a pulmonary embolism following surgery for acute appendicitis