HASSELBACH, Edward Peter
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boot salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Surrey Hills WWI, The Shrine |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 192, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 192, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 6 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Dexter
Lance-Corporal Hasselbach was the second son of Mr and Mrs E. Hasselbach, Wandsworth Rd, Surrey Hills. He was one of the best known hockey players in and around Melbourne, playing for Surrey Hills for 2 or 3 years.
He was always keen on military matters with the junior cadets at the Balwyn State School and afterwards with the Victorian Rangers, serving with them till they were disbanded. Later he joined the Victorian Scottish Regiment to which he belonged up to the time of his enlistment.
He left Melbourne with the First Expeditionary Force as a private in the 5th Battalion, and won his stripe in Egypt. On the 2 May he received shrapnel wounds. Whilst in hospital, he was killed by a shell.
Ward was 23 years and 11 months of age.
Derived from report in the Winner, 11 August 1915, p. 7
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