HUTCHINSON, William Reece
Service Numbers: | VX117291, VX117291 (V33010) |
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Enlisted: | 16 October 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4th Field Regiment |
Born: | Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 December 1904 |
Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
16 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX117291, 4 Field Regiment AMF, Previous service as V33010 | |
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16 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX117291, 4th Field Regiment | |
8 Oct 1943: | Discharged Lieutenant, VX117291 (V33010), 4th Field Regiment | |
8 Oct 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX117291, 4th Field Regiment |
Hazel Glen Timboon
William Reece Hutchinson was the son of Nellie Hutchinson/ Dalton and William Hutchinson. Reece was the grandson of William Hardy Dalton and Lucy Dalton/ May early settlers in Timboon. He was born in South Africa, where his father worked. He would presumably have been with his parents, when William Snr worked in reconstruction,after a large San Francisco earthquake. His parents settled at the farm called Hazel Glen Timboon. Reece travelled to Melbourne to work and enlist along with his brother, Milton.
Submitted 28 May 2024 by Ellen Magill