HANSEN, Herbert Walter
| Service Number: | 1950 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1915, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wyrallah, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lismore Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial A.74 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1950, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 13 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (ear - slight) | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1950, 15th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Herbert Walter HANSEN, (Service Number 1950) was born in November 1890 at Wyrallah, NSW and gave his calling on enlisting on 21 January 1915 at Lismore as a carpenter. He had been working on the railway between Casino and Lismore. He claimed three years’ experience in the senior cadets, and, being unmarried, gave his father as his next of kin.
On 7 August 1915 he received a slight wound, to his ear, but was discharged from the New Zealand Field Ambulance to his unit. He was killed in action the next day. He was buried at the head of Chalek Dere by Principal Chaplain Rev T Power, but not until 17 days later.
Submitted 22 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Paul Trevor
'PRIVATE HANSEN.
Information has been received In Lismore that Private Herb Hansen has been killed in action. Deceased, who was a son of Mr. W. Hansen, Keen Street, was a joiner by trade, and was also prominent on the football field.' from The Daily Telegraph 15 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
'PERSONAL.
Information has been received in Lismore that Private Herb Hansen, was killed in action on 8th August. The deceased was well-known in Casino, being in the employ of Jones and Brewster for some time. He was a prominent footballer and a member of the old Casino volunteer cadets.' from Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser 15 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Herbert Walter HANSEN was employed in the Per-Way Branch of th Railways between Casino and Murwillumbah. As he was a carpenter, he probably worked on the maintenance of the many timber bridges on that line.
He had been born in November 1890 at Wyrallah, NSW and gave his calling on enlisting on 21st January 1915 at Lismore as a carpenter. He claimed three years’ experience in the senior cadets, and, being unmarried, gave his father as his next of kin.
Hansen left Australia from Brisbane aboard HMAT ‘Kyarra’ on 16th April 1915. He reached Gallipoli quite quickly, joining the 15th Australian Infantry Battalion on 13th July.
On 7th August he received a slight wound, to his ear, but was discharged from the New Zealand Field Ambulance to his unit.
He was killed in action the next day (8th August 1915). He was buried at the head of Chalek Dere by Principal Chaplain Rev T Power, but not until 17 days later.
By the time that the Imperial War Graves Commission had gained access to the battlefields, after the war as late as 1924, the grave could not be located in what had become known as the Norfolk Cemetery, Anzac. All burials in the area were concentrated into the 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Anzac and while separate headstones were erected, with the regimental details and the verse furnished by the family, they bear the inscription ‘Believed to be buried in this Cemetery, actual grave unknown’.
- based on notes or the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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