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Frederick HANSEN

Regimental number517
Place of birthCopenhagen, Denmark
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressPetersburg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 7.625"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinFriend, C Wm Frohleck, Petersburg, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Discharge date25 May 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915.

Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916 (rheumatism); transferred to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 7 April 1916; rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 18 April 1916.

Transferred to Base Details, Moascar, 29 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 6 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 June 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital (date not recorded); discharged from hospital, 11 July 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 22 July 1916 (rheumatism); marched in to 8th Training Bn, Codford, from hospital, 6 September 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 25 September 1916 (chronic rheumatism); marched in to 8th Training Bn, Codford, from hospital, 8 October 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 22 October 1916; marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 25 November 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Ulysses', 13 February 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 25 May 1917.

War service: 1 year 317 days (of which 1 year 146 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 March 1944 Death attributed to war service
Age at death79
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, HANSEN Frederick

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