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George Thomas HANCY

Regimental number825
Place of birthFootscray, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolBrunswick West State School, Brunswick West, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address12 Murray Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, F T Hancy, 12 Murray Street, East Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot XI, Row A, Grave No.7), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Susan HANCY, 24 elm Street, Hawthorn, Victoria. Native of Melbourne

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