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Hans Edward ANDREASEN

Regimental number1826A
Place of birthArendal, Norway
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSteward
AddressCommercial Travellers' Club, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs. Myrtle Andreasen, 9 Roper Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date11 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 11 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe left Australia in the 9 Light 13 Horse
FateDied of wounds 9 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row AA, Grave No 2), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Thomas Andreason; Wife: Myrtle Olive Andreason, Main Avenue, Frewville, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother in law killed in France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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