HANSEN, Alfred
| Service Number: | 2576 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 8 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 24 March 1923, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Canning District R.S.L. Memorial, East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Victoria Park State School Honour Board, Victoria Park War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2576, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2576, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred Hansen was the son of Hans and the late Margarita Hansen of Caulfield, Victoria. He was the eldest of five brothers who enlisted and served in the AIF during the Great War.
His father, Hans Johan Hansen, came to Australia from Denmark during 1863. Hans married in Victoria during 1872 and was operating a market garden in Caulfield with his sons.
Alfred’s family was ravaged by the Great War. Two of his brothers, who were serving in the Artillery, Frank and Lawrence, were killed in action during August and September of 1917. Worse still, Alfred’s eldest son, 4144 Private Alfred Henry Hansen, 28th Battalion AIF, died of wounds in France on 12 August 1918, at only 19 years of age.
Alfred had married Zoe Newham during 1898 and must have moved to Perth, Western Australia, shortly afterwards. When he enlisted in 1916, he was nearly 40 years of age and was the father of six children. He gave his occupation as horse driver.
Alfred arrived in England during January 1917 and joined the 44th Battalion in France during April 1917. He took part in the Battle of Messines and suffered a gunshot wound to the leg on 8 June 1917. He was evacuated to England and after many months of treatment he was returned to the 44th Battalion in France during April 1918. Less than a month later he suffered a fractured right ankle and was again evacuated to England. He was sent home to Australia during January 1919.
Unfortunately, Alfred, after his return to Australia, whilst driving a sanitary cart in Victoria Park on a Friday afternoon during March 1923, he fell from his seat and landed in such a position that one wheel of the vehicle passed over him. He suffered serious internal injuries, and was immediately removed to the Perth Hospital, but died shortly after.
At the time of his passing, he left his wife Zoe as widow and was the father to eight surviving children.
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