Harold Blomfield Hatten Lt. Cdr.

  Birth Notes:

Harold married Violet Thomsen in Australia and had daughter Edna - source Chris Hatten. Violet is also named as next of kin on Harold's RAN record.

  Death Notes:

Western Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, aged 92.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1881, Witnesham Suffolk [Berghersh House]. ¹¹

• No Name, 1890, Ipswich Suffolk [Northgate Grammar School]. ⁵

• Census, 1891, Ipswich Suffolk [98 London Road North]. ¹²

• Military: Royal Navy/Royal Australian Navy (Lieutenant Commander), Between 1896 and 1950. ³⁵

• No Name, 2 Jul 1926, Awarded Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (30 years). ⁸

• No Name, 1 Jan 1951, Awarded MBE London. ³⁵

Harold married Violet Hilda Thomsen, daughter of Hans Hubertus Thomsen and Jane Green, on 21 Apr 1913 in Queensland Australia.³⁵ (Violet Hilda Thomsen was born on 19 Jan 1891 in Queensland Australia,³⁵ died on 15 Dec 1977 in Perth Western Australia ¹⁵ and was buried in Dec 1977 in Perth Western Australia [Karakatta Cemetery] ¹⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Residence, 1939, Tully Queensland Australia [Bryant Street]. ⁵

• Residence, 1949, Melville Perth Western Australia [2 Swan Road]. ⁵