Hammond, Alfred James

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Hammond, Alfred James

Service Service Number Number 1494 3554 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 15th May 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Hammond, Alfred James

SERVICE NO

3554

UNIT

20th battalion/8th 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 ENLISTMENT

Holdsworthy, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father;- Charles William Hammond, ‘Hillside” Somersby, Penang Mt. via Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 & Scroll324776.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Father

Gosford Times 14th June 1917 ROLL OF HONOR HAMMOND-Killed in action in France on 15th 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 15th 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. Corporal 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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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