Jack HANSEN

HANSEN, Jack

Service Number: NX27031
Enlisted: 21 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1918
Home Town: Botany, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 22 September 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE. Row B. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, NX27031
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1941: Involvement Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
10 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
23 Oct 1942: Involvement NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
22 Sep 1943: Involvement Corporal, NX27031, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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