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John Edward HAMMOND

Regimental number6930
Place of birthBeechworth, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Garnet, Queensland
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation43
Height5' 9"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinDaughter, Mrs Laurel Cook, Mount Garnet, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 November 1916
Place of enlistmentCairns, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, February 1917 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal RollTunnelling Companies
FateReturned to Australia 13 July 1917
Discharge date30 October 1917
Other details

War service: embarked Melbourne, 11 May 1917; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 13 May 1917; discharged, 13 May 1917; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 11 June 1917; disembarked Durban, South Africa, 16 June 1917.

Re-embarked Durban, 13 July 1917 (following surgical operation: no further details recorded); disembarked Capetown, 21 July 1917, and admitted to 1st General Hospital, Wynberg.

Commenced return to Australia from Capetown on board HT 'Ceramic', 26 August 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 15 September 1917, for overland travel to Brisbane (past pneumonia and cystitis); discharged, Brisbane, 30 October 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HAMMOND John Edward

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