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HAMMOND, Robert Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2414 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Balmain, NSW, 15 November 1899 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | West Leichhardt Public School |
Occupation: | Packer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 17 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2414, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
15 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 2414, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2414 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of the late G and Grace HAMMOND, 'Lestran' May street, Leichhardt, NSW
Robert served in Egypt and France and made the supreme sacrifice at Noreiul, near Bapaume 15 April 1917.
Prior to enlisting he was a member of the Highland Society's Newtown Pipe Band, and was in the Scottish Rifles for seven years.