HESSE, Louis Ferdinand
Service Number: | 395 |
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Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | London, England, 2 April 1889 |
Home Town: | Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 395, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
17 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
7 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 395, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
10 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
26 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit |
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Son of Andrew Hesse and Honora (Hannah) Hesse nee Drsicoll of London, England
Husband of Martha Hesse nee Smith of Gety Street, Windsor, QLD. Louis and Martha married on 20 March 1915 in QLD
On 19 September 1916 he was promoted to Sergeant for the voyage only from England to France then reverting to Private
Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 19 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal