Alfred Henry HANSEN

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HANSEN, Alfred Henry

Service Number:	4144
Enlisted:	5 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 August 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 1.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canning District R.S.L. Memorial, East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Port Hedland Pilbarra Honour Roll, Victoria Park War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4144, 28th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4144, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4144, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His father was 2576 Private Alfred Hansen 44th Battalion AIF, who enlisted at 39 years of age and returned to Australia during 1919.

His uncles, his father’s brothers, 4234 Gunner Frank Hansen 102nd Howitzer Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade was killed in action in Belgium 1 August 1917, aged 28 and 1401 Sergeant Lawrence Hansen 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade was killed in action in Belgium 30 September 1917, aged 30.

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