William Benjamin HASLETT [1894-1947]

Submitted by David on Thu, 08/29/2013 - 18:03
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William Benjamin
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Haslett
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Male
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W B Haslett took part in the fighting in December 1941, but spent the occupation years in the civilian internment camp at Stanley. Philip Cracknell has a good write-up:

William Benjamin Haslett was born at the end of the Victorian century on 11th February 1894. He was a Marine Engineer from Belfast and that's all I know of him until he joined the Hong Kong Royal Naval Reserve on the outbreak of war in 1939 aged 45.

He was appointed to the Minewatching Branch as a Warrant officer, initially based at the ... Read more ...

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