Regimental number | 5054 |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Bricklayer |
Address | Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 49 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E L Hassett, 80 Hill Street, Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Son: 5097 Pte Frederick HASSETT, 13th Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917; Brother: 876 Lance Corporal Henry Joseph HASSETT, 14th Bn, died of wounds, 17 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 25 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 September 1916; taken on strength, 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, in the field, 16 October 1916. Attached to 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company, 26 October 1915. Admitted to 130th Field Ambulance, 27 October 1916 (myalgia); transferred to 13th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 30 October 1916 (rheumatism); to 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 8 November 1916; discharged to Base Details (fit), 19 November 1916. Transferred to England, 27 December 1916; marched into No 1 Command Depot, 2 January 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Beltana', 17 March 1917 (medically unfit); disembarked Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart, 12 May 1917; discharged, Hobart, 29 June 1917 (medically unfit: overage and rheumatism). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HASSETT John Henry |