Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

25/08/1915

Date of Discharge

06/06/1919

Place of Enlistment

Holsworthy NSW

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Sydney NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Dulwich Hill NSW (previously Acton ACT)

Occupation

Draftsman

Next of Kin

Margaret Hatfield (mother), Dulwich Hill NSW

Service Number

7185

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

5 Division HQ

Hatfield arrived in Canberra in 1912 as a draftsman for the Department of Home Affairs, living at the Bachelor Quarters in Acton, playing cricket for the Canberra and Ainslie clubs and was a foundation member of the Canberra Rifle Club. He was present at the Canberra foundation ceremony on 12 March 1913.

He served with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade as a Gunner, arriving in France in March 1916. Hatfield returned to Australia in February 1919 before being discharged on 6 June 1919. He resumed his career with the Department of Works and by 1939 was Chief Draftsman, living with his wife and family in Forrest. Hatfield died in Canberra on 14 August 1962 and is buried in Woden Cemetery. His daughter, Joan, served in World War 2.

Description - height 5 feet 6½ inches, weight 122 pounds, chest 35 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, dark hair, Church of England.

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