Herbert HANSEN

Regimental number3016
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTinsmith
Address41 Station Road, Seddon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, H C Hansen, 41 Station Road, Seddon, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. H. and Mrs E. HANSEN, 69 Harold Street, Thornbury, Victoria. Native of Footscray
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to 58th Bn, 17 February 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Serapeum, 17 February 1916.

Admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916 (rheumatism); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 29 February 1916; discharged and rejoined 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 10 March 1916.

Promoted Lance Corporal, Ferry Post, 19 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1916, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on B.103, 'Buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HANSEN Herbert