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HASS, Walter Theodor
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2517 |
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Enlisted: | 5 May 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Greenville, Wisconsin, United States of America, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
Schooling: | Lutheran Parochial State and High Schools |
Occupation: | Cleaner - South Australian railways |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial Panel 27 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 2517, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
His brother, 6948 Private Albert Fred Hass of the 10th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 21 September 1917
Biography
NOTE: Family name incorrectly recorded on the Embarkation Roll as HAAS. This Family name has been corrected to accord with Service Record - HASS. Correction undertaken by the Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, July 2015.