The AIF Project

Jack Walter HANSON

Regimental number28408
Place of birthBunbury, Western Australia
SchoolBunbury State School, Bunbury, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPorter
AddressStirling Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, C Hanson, Stirling Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Previous military service86th Infantry; Served in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 14, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/41/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Jack
Place of death or woundingRouen
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot III, Rwo H, Grave NO. IIB), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christian and Elizabeth HANSON, Stirling Street, Bunbury, Western Australia. Native of Perth, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.