HANSEN, Carl James
| Service Number: | 2373 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Tichborne, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Fall from horse, 21 October 1933, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peak Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Peak Hill and District Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2373, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2373, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 10 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 1671 Pte. Jacob Sidney Hansen was killed in action in Belgium 22 November 1917. Another brother, 1673 Pte. Tennos Hansen was also wounded and returned to Australia during late 1918. They were the sons of Jacob and Emma Charlotte Hansen, of Tichborne, New South Wales.
Carl served at Gallipoli for a couple of months with the 1st Battalion. He was wounded in action at Fromelles in 1916, Bullecourt in 1917, and suffered a third wound during August 1918.
The Narromine News 3 November 1933,
"Peak Hill
The death took place under most tragic circumstances on Saturday, October 21, in the Peak Hill Hospital of Mr. Carl James Hansen, a farmer, on the Wilga Vale estate, some seven miles from Peak Hill. It appears that be was thrown from his horse and lay in the hot sun all day, being discovered, unconscious and bleeding, by a neighbour at night. He was admitted to the local hospital, where he lingered until 7 o'clock the following morning when he passed away, the cause of death being a fractured skull, apparently resulting from a kick from the animal he was riding. The late Mr. Hansen, who was a single man, aged 51, was a returned soldier and one of the original Anzacs, having been one of those heroic Australians who took part in the landing at Gallipoli in 1915, and continued fighting through the Great War up till the time of the signing of the Armistice, having been engaged in many of the important and memorable engagements both on the Peninsula and in France. The Peak Hill Diggers marched at his funeral."