Louis Ferdinand HESSE

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Service Number:	395
Enlisted:	10 April 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	London, England, 2 April 1889
Home Town:	Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

10 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 3rd Machine Gun Company
7 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 395, 2nd Machine Gun Company
10 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 2nd Machine Gun Company
26 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Andrew Hesse and Honora (Hannah) Hesse nee Drsicoll of London, England

Husband of Martha Hesse nee Smith of Gety Street, Windsor, QLD. Louis and Martha married on 20 March 1915 in QLD

On 19 September 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant for the voyage only from England to France then reverting to Private

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 19 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal