HASSETT, James
| Service Number: | 792 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, October 1876 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, June 1925, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-28. 7. |
| Memorials: | Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 792, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 792, 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, 792, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 792, 53rd Infantry Battalion, MU plurisey |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 18th June 1925, Private James Hassett, 53rd Battalion, carter from Park Street, Singleton, New South Wales and 8 Park Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. CATHOLIC 1-28. 7.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137839157
Born at Reedy Creek, New South Wales 1876 to John and Catherine Hassett; husband of Lucy Agnes Hassett nee Hamilton (married 1919, Murrurundi, N.S.W., died 1974, location unknown, 49 years a widow), James enlisted November 1915 with the 35th Battalion at West Maitland, N.S.W.
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Admitted to hospital 29.4.1917 with pleurisy, James returned home November 1917 being medically unfit with chronic rheumatism, discharged December 1917. (Service record gives no evidence that James suffered from gas poisoning).
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Mr Hassett’s name has been inscribed on the Singleton War Memorial.
The inscription on James’s headstone gives no indication that he served with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his service 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=4277#2
Lest We Forget.
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