Regimental number | 69386 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Tarradale, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Wireless fitter |
Address | Pyramid Hill, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, F G Hansford, Pyramid Hill, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3938 Pte Gilbert Charles HANSFORD, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919. |
Other details |
War service: enlisted 20 January 1915; discharged (medically unfit: rheumatism), Melbourne, 22 August 1916; did not embark. Re-enlisted, 20 August 1918; embarked Sydney on board HMAT 'Medic', 2 November 1918; reported as suffering from influenza, 9 November 1918; disembarked and transferred to No 5 Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, 12 December 1918; transferred to No 16 Australian General Hospital, Macleod, 17 December 1918; examined by Medical Board, 12 February 1919; discharged from the AIF (permanently unfit: influenza), 26 February 1919. Medal: British War Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Religious affiliation also given as Jewish on one Attestation Form; occupation given as draper and clerk on other Attestation Forms, |
Date of death | |
Place of burial | Springvale Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |