GRIGG, Hazel Mary
| Service Number: | 178132 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1945 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units |
| Born: | Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1924 |
| Home Town: | Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 September 2007, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 178132, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units | |
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| 23 Sep 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 178132, RAAF Personnel / Embarkation / Holding Units | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Aircraftwoman, 178132, 2 Personnel Depot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Hazel was the eldest daughter of Sydney James Grigg (born 1898 in Coolgardie, WA) and Mary Catherine Higgins (born 1899 at Burwood in NSW). Sydney and Mary married at Ardelthan in NSW in 1923 and settled at Leeton where Sydney was a Farmer until 1945 when they moved to Bulli at Kembla in NSW. Both Sydney and Mary were Storekeepers.
Hazel worked on the family farm in Leeton, NSW until she enlisted in the RAAF in June 1945, serving as an Aircraftwoman (Service No:178132) until her Discharge in September 1946.
Hazel married Robert William Baynes at Randwick in Sydney, NSW in 1948 - Robert had served in the RAN as an Able Seaman (Service No:24974) from 1941 until his Discharge in February 1947.
Hazel and Robert - a Carpenter - lived in Maroubra, Cronulla and Caringbah in NSW where Robert was a Builder and a Supervisor. Hazel died in 2007 and Robert in 2013.