Matthew HASSETT

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Service Number:	6588
Enlisted:	11 December 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Illness, Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, 9 April 1920
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Church of England Port D, Plot 6, Row 27, Grave 5494, Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menzies War Memorial

11 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6588, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 6588, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 6588, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
25 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6588, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 5th Military District

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Son of Morris and Janet Hassett; husband of Minnie Una Hassett of Fremantle, WA

27 May 1917 - to hospital with Rubella

8 December 1918 - to hospital with Bronchitis

21 April 1919 - returned to Australia on board Euripidies for discharge

Medals: Britsh War Medal, Victory Medal