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HANSON, Albert Hugh
(Service number 38954)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	02/03/1905	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Wool classer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	S. R. HANSON (father), Pareora, Canterbury
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	21st Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

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Death

Date	10 December 1959	Age
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Biographical Notes

At the Kingsdown School picnic in late December 1917, the Mayor read a list of old pupils still on active service two sons of Mr S. HANSON should have been included in the list; one of them was awarded the Military Medal for distinguished service in France. Albert married Honora (Maude) O'Connor in 1922, where they farmed until his death in 1959. The couple had two children, Josie and Leo.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [19 July 2014]; Timaru Herald, 28 December 1917 (Papers Past) [11 September 2014]; SCRoll web submission from J Collins, 14 August 2015

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