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Edward Peter HASSELBACH

Regimental number192
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBoot salesman
AddressWandsworth Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 9"
Weight163 lbs
Next of kinMrs Emily Hasselbach, Wandsworth Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 7 years in Junior Cadets; 2.5 months in Rangers; 2 years in 52nd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 May 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Surname spelt HASSELBACH
Date of death6 May 1915
Place of burialNo Known Grave
Commemoration detailsHelles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Spelt HASSELBACH on Cemetery Details
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Appointed Lance Corporal, Anzac, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915.

Admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 5 May 1915 (diarrhoea).

Killed by shell whilst in hospital, 6 May 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly enetered on Embarkation Roll as HASSELBACK.
SourcesNAA: B2455, HASSELBACH Edward Peter

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