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Hjalmari HANNUS

Regimental number2074
Place of birthHelsingfors Finland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressAtherton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eva Anderson, Atherton via Cairns, Queensland
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 May 1919
Other details

On 10 June 1917 he was gassed. Admitted to Horton County London War Hospital. Discharged from hospital 8 October 1917. Sent back to France on February 1918. Returned to England on 15 April 1919. Discharged in Brisbane on 12 September 1919. War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death16 September 1930
Place of burialToowong Cemetery

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