HASSALL, Eric Marsden
| Service Number: | 301 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | King's College, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Shell hit the dug out , France, 12 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers II K 21 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Officers of the Bank of NSW Yass Branch Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 301, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 301, 1st Field Artillery Battery, Sydney, NSW | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 301, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 301, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, 301, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Evacuated with Scarlatina to Egypt. Contracted Mumps in Egypt. | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 301, 1st Field Artillery Battery, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Killed when a shell hit the dug out at Headquarters Observation. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kay Clapton
Eric was the eldest son of Thomas and Florence Hassall. He joined the Bank of NSW in 1911. During his career as a bank officer Eric was appointed to Newton, the Inspector's Department at Head Office and then the North Sydney branch.
Eric was one of the first to enlist and served in Gallipoli before being evacutated to Egypt due to illness. He then went to France where he was killed in action at the age of 22 years.
He was awarded the Star 1914/15 6523 , British War Medal 851 and Victory Medal 808.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
ERIC MARSDEN HASSALL, the son of Mr. Thomas Frederic and Mrs. Florence Hewitt Hassall, was born at Broken Hill on 7th July, 1894. He was educated at King’s College, Goulburn, and joined the service of the Bank at Yass on 26th October, 1910. His subsequent appointments were to Newtown in December, 1911; to the Inspector’s Department, at Head Office, in January, 1913; and to North Sydney in February, 1914.
He enlisted a few days after the outbreak of war, and joined the 2nd Battery of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, subsequently joining the Headquarters Observation Staff.
On 12th November, 1916, in the early morning, seven Head-quarters Observation Officers were in their dug-out. All but Eric Hassall, who was on duty at 3 a.m., were asleep when a shell struck the dug-out. Eric Hassall and five others were killed, and one recovered from the wounds he received.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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