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Frederick Ronald HANTKE

Regimental number1660
Place of birthAlbany, Western Australia
SchoolWagin State School and James Street, Perth, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSalesman
Address3 Woodville Street, Nth Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Victor John Paul Hantke, 3 Parker Street, Nth Perth, Western Australia
Previous military service37th Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 February 1917
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave NO. 43), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Victor and Elizabeth HANTKE, 12 Knutsford Street, Perth, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsHad seven cousins serving and one killed and one earned the Military Cross.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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