hammond, alfred james

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Hammond, Alfred James Service Number 3554

Killed in Action 15th May 1917 France

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NAME Hammond, Alfred James

SERVICE NO 3554

UNIT 20th battalion/8

th Rienf.

RANK Corporal

AGE at Enlistment 22 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH London, England

ADDRESS Somersby, via Gosford

OCCUPATION Horse Driver/Horseman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 6 Oct 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Holdsworthy, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Charles William Hammond, ‘Hillside” Somersby, Penang Mt. via Gos-ford

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’7”. Weight-134lbs. Chest-32½-35½”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 11 Apr 1916-Sick to Hosp Ferry Post. 27 Nov 1916-Sick to Hosp-Dermatitis-France

DIED 15 May 1917 -France

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-27824, Victory Medal-27646. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-324776.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Father

Gosford Times 14th June 1917 ROLL OF HONOR HAMMOND-Killed in action in France on 15

th

May,1917. Alfred James, youngest son of Mr and Mrs C Hammond, of Somersby, Penang Mt. Aged 24 years

Gosford Times 14th June 1917 Killed In Action Corporal A J Hammond, aged 24, youngest son of Mr and Mrs C Hammond, of Somersby, Penang Mt., is reported to have been killed in action on 15

th May in France. He enlisted with D Company and sailed from

Sydney on 17th December, 1915. From Egypt he was sent to France. Mr and Mrs Hammond have reason to

be proud of the part they have played in assisting the Empire in its fight for life. Three of their sons got into khaki, and one has just been killed in the heroic fight against the enemy on the western front. Charles is at present in Egypt, and James is doing his bit in France. We all sympathize deeply with Mr and Mrs Hammond in the death of their soldier son.

Gosford Times 18th October 1917 Private Thomas Richard French, of Gosford, is reported to have died of wounds on 16

th September. Corpo-

ral Alfred James Hammond, of Penang Mountain, was killed in action on 20th September. Both fatalities

are officially recorded in this week's casualty list.

Gosford Times 15th May 1919 HAMMOND – In loving memory of my dear son. Corporal Alfred James Hammond, killed in action May 15, 1917;- For ever at rest, His duty nobly done. Inserted by his loving father.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 4256041

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