HAWKESFORD, Henry Edward
| Service Number: | W31491 |
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| 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. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W31491, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
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| 2 Apr 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W31491, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement W31491 |
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Add my storyBiography 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.