HANSEN, Charles Peter
| Service Number: | 98 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal trimmer |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1951, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-32. 89. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Hamilton St Mary's Marist Bros' School Newcastle Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 98, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 98, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 98, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 98, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW left shoulder & arm, severe | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 98, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Wounding First Battle of Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the 11th September 1951, Private Charles Peter Hansen, (also known as Pat), 53rd Battalion (Reg No-98A), coal trimmer from the Oriental Hotel, Carrington, New South Wales and 64 Parry Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 64. ANGLICAN 1-32. 89.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140334125 - funeral notice does not state service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140338562 - bereavement notice.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 12th May 1887 to John and Bridget Hansen of 32 Watt Street, Newcastle, New South Wales; husband of Agnes Eliza Hansen nee Desmond (married 1919, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1944), Charles enlisted November 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137095141
Wounded in action - 19.10.1917 (GSW left shoulder & arm, severe, Battle of Passchendaele - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138741123, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138743637),
Pat was invalided to England on the 24.10.1917, returning home March 1918, and discharged medically unfit on the 20th April 1918.
Mr Hansen’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, St. Mary's-Marist Bros' School (Newcastle) Honour Roll and the Wallsend & Plattsburg G.U.O. of Free Gardeners' (Royal Oak Lodge No. 9) Roll of Honour (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133878487, whereabouts unknown).
There is no indication on Mr Hansen’s headstone plaque to tell us of his service with the 1st A.I.F. during The Great War, so I have placed poppies at Pat’s gravesite in remembrance of his duty for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=33241#2
Service record states Died after Discharge.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Older brother Martin Cornelious (Reg No-2142, 31st Battalion, born 1884, died 1959) also resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 1-07. 2.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=33240#3
Lest We Forget.
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