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John Henry HASSETT

Regimental number5054
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBricklayer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation49
Height5' 5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E L Hassett, 80 Hill Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 March 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameNo 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916)
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 25 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 17 March 1917
Discharge date29 June 1917
Family/military connectionsSon: 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
SourcesNAA: B2455, HASSETT John Henry

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