HANNAFORD, Charles Richard
| Service Number: | 1559 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North Sydney Superior Boys School, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension Plot II, Row L, Grave NO. 12 |
| Memorials: | Willoughby Old Boys Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1559, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1559, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1559, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion, Was TSgt from 13/2/1916 | |
| 12 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), BW to neck | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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From Ian Fletcher
Lieutenant Charles Hannaford 17th Battalion A.I.F.
After the Battle of the Menin Road attack on the 20th September 1917, the remains of an officer of the 17th Battalion A.I.F. thought to have been identified as that of Lieut. Charlie Hannaford was reburied in The Buttes Cemetery at Polygon Wood with a named headstone
In December 1925 two bodies were found in an isolated grave between the edge of Polygon Wood and Garter Point (the 17th's objective) and both could be identified, one being Private Arthur Bramall and the other being Charlie Hannaford, they were both reburied in The Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension in Ypres, the headstone in the Buttes Cemetery was replaced and sadly the remains became 'A Soldier of the Great War, Known unto God'
Private Arthur Bramalls name appears still to this day on Panel 17 at the Menin Gate in Ypres
17th Battalion A.I.F. 'Not Forgotten'
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