Soldier profiles
Name : HATTLEY, WILLIAM ALBERT ROBERT
Service Number : WX14545
Date of Birth : 13/08/1915
Place of Birth : CROYDON, ENGLAND
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment : TRUCK DRIVER
Date of Enlistment : 25/06/1941
Locality on Enlistment : PITHARA, WA
Place of Enlistment : CLAREMONT, WA
Next of Kin : HATTLEY, VERNA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/16 INFANTRY BATTALION REINFORCEMENTS
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 27/11/1945
Date Died : 09/01/1987
Age at Death : 71
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0039 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6470045 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1036991 [CLOSED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, C_HAMLEY_1.jpg, C_HAMLEY_2.jpg, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 03/1987 p4
Background : Husband of Verna.
