HANSEN, Olaf
(Service number 6/1865)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 02/09/1884 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | 110 King Street Timaru NZ | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter (THB) | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mattias Hansen (Father ), Tonsberg, Norway | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington NZ | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli) | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 August 1915 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli Turkey | ||
| Cause | Died of Wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Lancashire Landing Cemetery Cape Helles, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Sources
Nominal Rolls of NZ Expeditionary Force Volume 1.Wellington: Govt. Printer 1914-1919 Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Cenotaph Data Base Auckland Museum
External Links
Related Documents
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Researched and Written by
Ann Munro (SC branch NZSG), David Batchelor, South Canterbury Museum
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