HATT, Frederick Harold

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Rank: 
Private (later Sergeant)
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers
The Buffs
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
14487149 + 2221271
Born: 
Thursday, June 23, 1927
Birthplace: 
Acton, London
Died : 
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Place died or last resided: 
Victoria BC, Canada
Age: 
81
Frederick Harold Hatt (2 Cdo) Federation of Malaya Police
Frederick Harold Hatt was raised in a Dr. Barnardo’s Home and attended its naval training school, where he became an accomplished boxer. Enlisted in 1944 civil occupation Auto Machinist.Volunteered for the commandos and posted to the Holding Operational Commando, Wrexham, from 19 April 1945. Taken on strength No.2 Commando from 27 September 1945 until the Army Commandos were disbanded. 
WWII Service 
18.08.1944 attested General Service Corps date of birth given on attestation 1 April 1927;  true date of birth 23 June 1927; relegated to Class W(T) Territorial Army Reserve
01.10.1944 attains the age of 17½ from date of birth attested. 
16.10.1944 re-joined and posted 28th Training Battalion.
19.04.1945 transferred to the Royal Fusiliers. Posted Holding Operational Commando.
27.09.1945 taken on strength No.2 Commando in the UK until disbandment.
16.11.1945 attached 2/4 Essex Regiment.
Post war
09.02.1946 - 17.05.1947 posted for overseas draft Middle East. This was during the period of the British Mandate and Arab Jewish conflict in Palestine and the 1946 Anglo–Jordanian Treaty. General Service Medal (Palestine) Clasp.
18.02.1946 disembarked Middle East Force, 2nd Echelon. 
04.09.1946 - 09.09.1946 posted X(II) list; 11 Field Ambulance.
30.09.1946 - 01.10.1946 posted X(II) list.
09.12.1946 transferred to The Buffs and posted 1st Battalion.
17.05.1947 returns to the UK from the Middle East.
27.03.1948 released to Reserve List.
Re-Enlisted
19.07.1948 attested Royal Signals.
11.08.1948 posted No.4 Training Regiment.
01.01.1949 posted No.3 Intelligence School. Keyboard and Cipher Operator.
01.06.1949 disembarked Singapore, rank Corporal.
01.06.1949 taken on strength GHQ Signal Regiment, Far East Land Forces (FARELF). Served overseas for 3 years of the Malayan Emergency. General Service Medal (Malaya) Clasp.
08.02.1951 appointed Acting Sergeant.
01.04.1952 promoted substantive Sergeant.
03.05.1952 disembarks UK. Posted 2 Sqn. Regimental Depot.
23.07.1952 posted 1 War Office Signal Regiment.
09.09.1952 - 25.09.1952 temporarily attached No.4 Lines of Communication (L of C) Signals for duration of Exercise Holdfast.
25.02.1953 discharged from military service . Military conduct: Exemplary.
Federation of Malaya Police Force
12.07.1955 appointed Police Lieutenant, Federation of Malaya Police Force, number 1308.
20.12.1957 Lieutenant, No.3 Police Field Force, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.

28-05-1958 Warder, Nicosia Detention Camp for EOKA insurgents; promoted Warrant Officer Warder.

Sources
Service Record and images provided by his son Ian Hatt.
 
Archive pages : 
Holding Operational Commando
No 2 Commando

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