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HANNA, Lindsay Donald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4226 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 13 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Balmoral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4226, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4226, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4226, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lindsay Hanna 54th Battalion AIF, who was captured at the Battle of Fromelles and spent almost two and a half years in a POW camp in Germany before being repatriated back to London a week before Christmas in 1918.
On his return to Australia, he married during 1920 and raised three children.
His younger brother, 2905 James Reginald Hanna 60th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux during 1918. Another brother, William Hanna 30th Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia, medically unfit, in October 1917.
They were the sons of William and Elizabeth Hanna of Balmoral NSW.
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