Bert Stewart HANSEN

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HANSEN, Bert Stewart

Service Number:	6130
Enlisted:	4 October 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 22 April 1894
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	One Mile Boys State School, Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooran and District Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6130, Brisbane, Queensland
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6130, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6130, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6130, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...6130 Private Bert Stewart Hansen, 25 Battalion, of Gympie, Qld. A farmer prior to enlisting in October 1916 Pte Hansen embarked from Brisbane with the 17th Reinforcements on board HMAT Marathon (A75) on 27 October 1916. He arrived in France on 6 April 1917 and was killed in action on 3 May 1917 at the Second Battle of Bullecourt. He was 23 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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