Edward HANNS

HANNS, Edward

Service Number: 106
Enlisted: 27 August 1914
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bourke, NSW, 1893
Home Town: Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling: Catholic School Bourke
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Died of Wounds, Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 20 July 1917
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
XVI D 21A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bourke & District War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 106, 1st Field Artillery Battery
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Gunner, 106, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Gunner, 106, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Havelah and Elizabeth Hanns, of Bourke, New South Wales.

FROM THE WAR ZONE.
DIED FROM WOUNDS.
GUNNER EDWARD HANNS.
We regret very much indeed to have to record the death of Gunner Edward Hanns, eldest son of Mr. Havilah Hanns, the well known drover. Mrs. Hanns received a wire from Colonel Sandford on  Tuesday last, stating that Base Records reported that the soldier, who belonged to the 1st Field Artillery, died on July 20 from gunshot wounds in the right arm and thigh. Gunner Hanns, who was a fine young man, embarked in the first boat that sailed from Australia for the seat of war. He was at the landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. He remained there until the evacuation, and on April 20, 1916, landed at Marseilles, France. Thence he went to Flanders where he had been over since, on duty all the time, excepting one 10 days' leave. General sympathy will be extended to the parents and other relations of the deceased soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Hanns have another son, Private J. T. Hanns, at the front. He was wounded in three or four places, but recovered, and is again on duty.

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