HASS, Albert Fred
| Service Number: | 6948 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Petersburg, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greenville, Wisconsin, United States of America, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Lutheran Parochial State and High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk, S.A.R. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6948, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Petersburg, South Australia, Australia | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6948, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6948, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
His brother, 2517 Corporal Walter Theodore Hass of the 48th Battalion AIF ws killed in action on 12 October 1917
Biography
NOTE: Family name incorrectly recorded on the Embarkation Roll as HAAS. This Family name has been corrected to accord with Service Record - HASS. Correction undertaken by the RSL Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, July 2015.
Parents: Peter and Lisette HASS, Peterborough, South Australia
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Observer (Adelaide, SA: 1905 - 1931) Saturday 10 November 1917
LATE PTE. A. F. HASS.
The Rev. P. H. Hass, of Petersburg, has been notified that his eldest son, Pte. A.F. Hass, was killed in action about September 26, in France. The deceased soldier was born in the United States of America, and came to South Australia in 1906. After leaving school he became a clerk to Mr. G. W. Halcombe, solicitor, in Adelaide (now S.M. for the Wallaroo district), and retained this office under Mr. H. O. A. Rankin, Mr. Halcombe's successor, for four years. Before enlisting in February last year he was employed in the locomotive offices, Petersburg. He left for France in December, 1916. Pte. Hass was 28 years of age.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164140433
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