Walter Theodor HASS

HASS, Walter Theodor

    Service Number: 2517
    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"
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    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
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    World War 1 Service

    5 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1
    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

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    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    His brother, 6948 Private Albert Fred Hass of the 10th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 21 September 1917

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    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.

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