Hammond, George

---

SURNAME

Hammond

NAME

George

PLACE OF BIRTH

Port Douglas

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Townsville

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

17-04-1916

NEXT OF KIN

May Maude Hammond (wife), Piccadilly, St Hyde Park, Townsville

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Born in Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

47th Battalion AIF

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

KILLED IN ACTION

Yes, 7-06-17, Belgium

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked Seang Choon 19-09-16; entered France 4-02-17; buried Messines.

Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

George Hammond, born in Port Douglas, was in Townsville, married and working as a labourer, when he enlisted April 2016, aged 23.

Assigned to the 47th Battalion, he left Australia in September 1916 and arrived at the Front Line in February 1917. Private Hammond was hospitalised briefly in May 1917 then on 7 June 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium. Unfortunately, advice did not reach his wife before she read about it in the local paper. His gravesite is just outside Messines.

SERVICE NO

2446

---