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Remembered Today:

New CWGC Commemoration


Terry Denham

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CWGC added the following WW1 casualty to its database today.

Pte Peter HANSEN MM

2436 47th Bn, Australian Infantry

Died 08.06.20 Age 26

Buried: Yangan General Cemetery, Qld, Australia

NOT FORGOTTEN

The above was an In From the Cold Project case

(Volunteer: Andy Massard)

- Pte Hansen died of wounds post-discharge

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Rest in peace soldier boy, gone and no longer forgotten. poppy.gif

Peter was awarded the MM for 'bravery in the field' in May 1918 - just over a month after he was reported as missing in action on 5 April 1918. Recognised as a prisoner of war and held near Brandenburg, Germany. Released in January 1919.

It seems as though the wounds he suffered from were gun shot wounds to the left shoulder (June 1917) and right chest (April 1918). He was also diagnosed with Typhoid Fever in April 1919 while in Lytton Quarantine Camp. Finally discharged 17 January 1920.

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