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Henry HAMMOND

Regimental number4976
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolHoddle, South Gippsland, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFish Creek, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, W Hammond, Fish Creek, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date23 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2. (Plot XXVIII, row E, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eliza HAMMOND, Waratah, North Fish Creek, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin; Captain Hammond who was killed after loosing one arm leading a Western Australian Ballation in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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