Soldier profiles
Name : HIAH, HAROLD KEITH
Service Number : VX21004
Date of Birth : 24/02/1922
Place of Birth : PERTH, WA
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : COOK
Date of Enlistment : 03/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARLTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HIAH, DOLLY
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 1 AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT GROUP SIGNALS
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : COOK
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/08/1945
Date Died : N/A
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) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6208754 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 11660056 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Recent photo (1966) courtesy of National Archives of Australia (credit Australian News and Information Bureau, photographer, W. Brindle). 1966 Chef at construction camp at Mount Goldsworthy in north west Australia. He commanded a staff of 16 who cooked for the 300 men working on the mine and town site.
