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HAMMEL, Henry Eric
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2255 |
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Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, October 1889 |
Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Queens College, St Kilda & School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Draftsman |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 May 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VII, Row A, Grave 48 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2255, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2255, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2255, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
22 May 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Henry Eric HAMMEL was born in Melbourne in 1889
His parents were Frederick Franz (Frank) HAMMEL & Emily Jane TUNMER
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Henry Eric HAMMEL was born in Melbourne in 1889
His parents were Frederick Franz (Frank) HAMMEL & Emily Jane TUNMER who married in Victoria in 1884 - his father was born in Germany