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Name: Herbert Lionel Hanson
Service Number: Lieut/ 420
Place of Birth: Mount Torrens
Date of Birth: 9 April 1886
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 15 March 1916
Age at Enlistment: 29 years 11 months
Next of Kin: Wife, Mary Ella Hanson
Occupation: Pastry Cook
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Lieutenant
Although Herbert and Mary Hanson had 4 children, he enlisted and joined the 27th Battalion and later the 10th. His unit left Melbourne on the Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916 and from England proceeded to France on 7 September 1917. Herbert attended an Officer course at Cambridge in June 1918 and was appointed Lieutenant on 1 September. He returned to Australia on the Norman on 15 August 1919 and was discharged on 22 September. Lieutenant Herbert Hanson was mentioned in despatches - No. 31448 London Gazette of 17 July 1919.