The AIF Project

William Aaron HANSFORD

Regimental number69386
Date of birth26 September 1896
Place of birthTarradale, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWireless fitter
AddressPyramid Hill, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, F G Hansford, Pyramid Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date20 August 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 2 November 1918
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Discharge date26 February 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3938 Pte Gilbert Charles HANSFORD, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

War service: enlisted 20 January 1915; discharged (medically unfit: rheumatism), Melbourne, 22 August 1916; did not embark.

Re-enlisted, 20 August 1918; embarked Sydney on board HMAT 'Medic', 2 November 1918; reported as suffering from influenza, 9 November 1918; disembarked and transferred to No 5 Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, 12 December 1918; transferred to No 16 Australian General Hospital, Macleod, 17 December 1918; examined by Medical Board, 12 February 1919; discharged from the AIF (permanently unfit: influenza), 26 February 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsReligious affiliation also given as Jewish on one Attestation Form; occupation given as draper and clerk on other Attestation Forms,
Date of death20 April 1972
Place of burialSpringvale Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.