Background
Hallet, Richard Matthews was born on July 21, 1887 in Bath, Maine, United States. Son of Andrews and Alice Harriet (Jackson) Hallet.
Hallet, Richard Matthews was born on July 21, 1887 in Bath, Maine, United States. Son of Andrews and Alice Harriet (Jackson) Hallet.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1907, Bachelor of Laws, 1910.
Shipped on British barque for Australia, 1912. Worked there as stone-breaker sheep shearer and boundary rider, fireman on British mail packet to London. Timber cruiser in Canada, 1913.
Copper miner in Arizona, 1914, as line drillman with Old Dominion Copper Company.
Served as watch officer on United States Army cargo transport, Westland, carrying horses, World War I. Now member editorial staff Gannett Public Company, war correspondent in Pacific Theatre, 1945.
News commentator radio station WGAN since 1939. Trustee Maine Maritime Academy since 1940. Director of Maine Portuguese Authority, 1944.
Author: works include: Foothold of Earth, 1944.
Contributor Saturday Evening Post, et cetera, also to periodicals. Home: 290 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, Maine.
Member editorial staff Gannett Public Company
Married Mary Louise Holton, November 15, 1916. Children: Nancy Louise, Richard Matthews, Junior.