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            L.A.C. Michael Courthope Haynes (1936-38)                                                                            Pte Ronald Augustus Terry                           Pte A Graham Male (1920-28)

                                                                                                                                 (1923-28)
            22 SFTS RAAF                                                                                                                                                             2/28 Battalion
            Died On Active Service: Rhodesia                                                                                                                                         Died On Active Service: North Africa
            1 July 1942. Age 21                                                                                                                                                      18 Aug 1942. Age 30
                                                                                                                                 2/28th Battalion
                                                                                                                                 Killed In Action: El Alamein
            Michael lived in Armadale and travelled from there each day to attend Hale School. He was                            27 July 1942. Age 31                                Graham lived in Havelock House, next to the old school
            described in his School reports as being a quiet, steady and keen worker.                                                                                                in Havelock Street, West Perth. His family was one of the
                                                                                                                                 Ron joined the 2/28th Western Australian infantry battalion   prominent pioneering pearling dynasties in Broome.
            Upon leaving School, he joined the Public Works Department as a trainee draughtsman/architect.
                                                                                                                                 as a re-inforcement in 1941, travelled to the Middle East and
                                                                                                                                 joined the unit after they had been relieved from the siege of   After leaving School he joined the Commercial Bank and
            When war broke out he joined the 10th Light Horse Regiment but when they disbanded he                                Tobruk. When the battalion was sent into action again, later in   after war broke out, joined the 2/28th Battalion on the
            transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941 and after initial training at Pearce Base in                   mid-1942, Ron Terry took part in the first attack on Ruin Ridge   same day as Ron Terry and travelled to the Middle East
            Western Australia he was posted to Egypt and then to Rhodesia for further flying training.                                                                               with him. He was also involved in the Battle of Ruin Ridge
                                                                                                                                 near El Alamein in Libya. He is buried in the Commonwealth
                                                                                                                                 War Grave cemetery at El Alamein .                  and was captured during that engagement. He was placed
            During World War II, many of the fatalities in the Allied Air Forces came as a result of training                                                                        on an Italian transport, ‘Nino Bixio’ to be taken to a prison
            accidents. It was a period when the urgency of the hour meant that short cuts had to be taken.                                                                           camp in Italy. Unfortunately the ship was torpedoed by
                                                                                                                                 Dedicated by Hale School.
                                                                                                                                 Placed by Old Haleian, Mr Peter Salmon (1937-38), who also   a British submarine in the Mediterranean Sea and, along
            He was killed on a formation flying training flight. He was buried at Gwelo Cemetery, Southern                       served in the 2/28th Battalion at Tobruk and at El Alamein in   with many others, Graham lost his life through drowning
            Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).                                                                                                                                                 on the 18th August 1942.
                                                                                                                                 North Africa in 1942, then the senior vice-president of the
                                                                                                                                 2/28th Battalion Association.
            Dedicated by his family.                                                                                                                                                 Dedicated by Hale School
            Placed by his brother, 94 year old, Old Haleian,                                                                                                                         Laid by his sister-in-law, Mrs Alice Male, assisted by his
            Mr E.J. (Ted) Haynes (1923) and assisted by his                                                                                                                          nieces, Jan Lyon, Jill Murdoch and Ann Wright.
            Haleian sons, Mr Jim Haynes (1948-52) and Mr
            John Haynes (1952-54), in the attendance of 7
            members of the Haynes family, 5 of which were
            Old Haleians.
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