Hector Helmin HANSEN

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Service Number:	SX896
Enlisted:	3 November 1939, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 8 January 1918
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic (Unemployed)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 27 August 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 16. Inscription: "REST ON IN PEACE BRAVE SOLDIER BOY TILL THE BUGLE SOUNDS AGAIN".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote & District WW2 Honour Roll, Kingscote War Memorial, Wisanger WW2 Roll of Honour

3 Nov 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, SX896, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX896, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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