John Hassall

Enlistment Date

26/08/1915

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

3790

Battalion

13th Battalion, 12th Reinforcment

Fate

KIA

Fate Date

14/06/1917

Fate Place

France

Occupation

Painter

Place of Birth

Manchester, England

Arrival in Australia

1913

Religion

No Religion

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915

John Hassall arrived in Sydney from Lancashire, England in 1913. In 1914 and 1915 he played as a half-back for Lancashire Society. Very rare for the time, he declared “No Religion” on his enlistment form. In May 1917, after a stint in hospital for a fractured jaw, Driver Hassall was posted to 110th Howitzer Battery. On 14 June 1917 he was in an ammunition dump near Messines that was hit by a German shell. Hassall and 18 of his companions were killed in the explosion. He was 23 years of age.