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Gustave Edward HANLEY

Regimental number7946
Place of birthKyneton, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBroken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 8"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A L P Hanley, 466 Argent Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 July 1917
Place of enlistmentBroken Hill, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies (Sept 1916 - Feb 1918 Reinf)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal RollReinforcements Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 12 May 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date30 May 1920
Other details

War service: Egypt, England

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ruahine', 12 May 1918; disembarked Sydney, 5 July 1918; discharged (medically unfit: pulmonary tuberculosis), 30 May 1920.

Admitted to Bedford Park Sanitorium, South Australia.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death17 July 1927
Age at death48
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HANLEY Gustave Edward

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