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Henry Joseph HASSETT

Regimental number876
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolCatholic Boys School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBootmaker
Address100 Goulborne Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Hassett, 100 Goulborne street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date14 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VL, Row D, Grave No. 13), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
72
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Charlotte HASSETT, 7 Union Street, Windsor, Victoria. Native of Hobart, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5054 Sapper John Henry HASSETT, 5th Tunnelling Company, returned to Australia, 17 March 1917; Brother-in-law: 1394 Pte Jack PIERCE, 15th Bn, killed in action, 9 August 1915.

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