Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Hanson C Pte 2206 Clarence 8 Inf Bn 20 Gardener Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Primrose St, 77
Next of Kin: Hanson, J, father, 77 Primrose St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 13 Apr 1915
Embarked: A62 Wandilla 17 Jun 1915
Hanson later had his number changed to 1903, and transferred to the 7th Battalion.
Mr John Hanson, who was resident in Romsey for many years, has lost one son, Sergeant Clarence Hanson, at the war, and has another son, Q. M. Sgt. Vivian Hanson, who had the misfortune to lose an eye while in action in France, engaged in home service work in England. Both lads were born in Romsey, and were pupils at the Romsey State school.
- No title. (1918, September 27). Romsey Examiner and General Advertiser for the Shires of Romsey, Lancefield, Gisborne, Bulla, Springfield...(Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154436856
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Relatives on Active Service:
Hanson-V-Pte-1902 brother KIA
Date of Death: 19 April 1918 Lance Corporal, 7th Battalion.
CWGC: "Son of John and Clara Amelia Hanson, of Churchill St., East Kew, Victoria. Born at Romsey, Victoria."
- VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Mentioned in this publication:
Presentation from the Essendon Citizen's Military Association in May at Broadmeadows Camp, May 1915.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
In Memoriam
HANSON.-In proud and loving memory of our
dear eldest son and brother, Sergeant Clarence
Hanson, 7th Battalion, killed in action, Nieppe
Forest, France, April 19, 1918.
He held a point of honour, the most advanced
post of all;
With brave men beside him, who had answered
their country's call.
Five times he was wounded, they told us;
But he still kept firing his gun;
He stuck to his post though requested to leave,
And the posthumous honour is what he received.
"Died with his face to the foe, trying others
to save!"
We could not have loved him so had he not been
bravest of brave. Anzac hero.
-(Inserted by his sorrowing parents, brothers,
and sisters.)
Family Notices. (1919, April 19). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.
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