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John Henry HAMMON

Regimental number3333
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGroeer
Address509 Havelock Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, G Hammon, 509 Havelock Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular

'Enlisted 28th July, 1915, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, 21st January, 1916. Transferred to 56th Battalion on 16th February 1916. Wounded at Pozieres, Somme, France on 22nd July, 1916.' Details from Mother

FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave nO. 15) Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Emelie HAMMON, 509 Havelock Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 899 Corporal Harry Telford HAMMON, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919; 962 Pte Norman Coates HAMMON, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 9 March 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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