Hansen, Andrew (888)
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years
Enlistment Details: Monday, 22 March 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 888 view online service record
Address:
128 Separation Street
Northcote, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mr Hansen (brother)
128 Separation Street
Northcote, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 10 May 1915
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Friday, 25 August 1916
Place: France
Private, 24 Battalion, killed in action 25 August, 1916, France, aged 20, commemorated Serre Road Cemetery No 1, France.
Parents: John and Sarah HANSEN (both late), only brother Johannes Henrik HANSEN, born Port Melbourne. He enlisted from Northcote as a 19-year-old farm labourer, brother as next of kin. Full name Andrew Bertie HANSEN, no circular returned. Three sisters, his given name in places in shown as Andrien, the family of Norwegian origin.
Additional research by Brian Membrey
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Brian Membrey
“Your brother was one of my best men and we shall indeed miss him greatly. He always did his work well and was a good soldier. His cheery face and genial manner will be particularly missed by myself as platoon commander” (letter from Hansen’s commanding officer to his brother in Northcote)