HANNA, LAWRENCE ROBERT
| Service Number: | 2384 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 70 ATKINSON ST LIVERPOOL NSW, 17 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | MARIST BROTHERS PARRAMATTA |
| Occupation: | TELEPHONE TECHNICIAN |
| Died: | STROKE, CONCORD REPATRIATION HOSPITAL, 2 October 1972, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2384, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2384, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 6 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
My Poppy- Lal
My Poppy
Lawrence Robert Hanna known to us all as Lal Hanna.
My pop went to WW1 when he was 17. He returned home at the age of 21. He spent a year in Richmond hospital UK recovering from having his left leg amputated. He was given a prosthesis leg and a walking stick. We went to watch pop march every year up till 1972 when he died. He lost many friends in that war. He never really talked about it. He let all the grand children put on and take off his prosthesis leg. We always knew he was a hero, a brave young man from Liverpool NSW. We will never know the real fear they went through, but I will always be ever grateful to the diggers who sacrificed their live for us. There is a snippet about him in The Gallant Company book by H.R.Williams on page 126 his nickname was “LAL.”
Submitted 6 January 2015 by Joanne Marlin
Biography
20 Battalion
Rank - Private
27 July 1915 - Father signed letter of consent to enlist
2 April 1917 - Wounded in action - both legs. Was hit by a shell resutling in one leg having to be amputated. His mate who was standing slongside alongside was killed
Returned to Australia HMAT "Corinthic" 7 March 1918
November 1923 - Married Maisie Thelma Valentine in the Liverpool All Saints Church, NSW. Maisie died in May 1983 and buried alongside
Next of Kin: Father, J Hanna, Campbelltown, Liverpool, New South Wales
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