HAMMET  F.W.

Given Names:  Frederick William Paley

               

Service Number:  22244

Unit:  Engineering Field Companies, general reinforcements                                              

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  510484

 

Age:  31 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Builder                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  149 Lbs

Chest:  33-37 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/6/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Flora Hammet

Dunnegan', Terry Street, Deepdene, Victoria                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  21/3/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Main      

Embarked:  23/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  11/10/1919

Unit:  5th Field Company Engineers                                                                                               

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant (Hon)

Discharge Date:  7/11/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  30155

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  Pombarneit, Victoria                     

Father:  Frederick Paley William HAMMET

Mother:  Elizabeth Anne Harriet SMITH

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Flora McDONALD

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1946                                 

Place: Red Cliffs, Victoria                         

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 23/5/1919 to 22/9/1919

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Previously lived in Willsmere Road, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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