Wilfred Roland Hansen

Forenames

Wilfred Roland AWMM

Surname

Hansen AWMM

Service number

WWI 25862 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

15 Apr 1889 AWMM

Next of kin

Edward Charles Hansen (father), Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25862 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 25 Sep 1916-21 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 64 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Rifleman AWMM 11th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Wilfred Hansen was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hansen, of Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr E. C. Hansen, Kaikohe, Bay of Islds. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16791332
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847626/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847626
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/2795
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  41: 28
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.