Hansen, Laurence, 1898 - 1973

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Name Laurence Hansen, 1898 - 1973BiographyDate of Birth: 17 January 1898, Caboolture (Qld.) Date of Death: 6 June 1973, Brisbane (Qld.) Buried: Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens, Holland Park, Queensland Laurence Stanley Hansen was the son of Hans Anderson Hansen and Juliana Christina Marie Anderson who lived in Kennedy Street, Kilcoy, Queensland. He was single, living at home and working as a painter when he enlisted in August 1915. Laurence was awarded the Military Medal and Bar For unexampled bravery and devotion to duty in the operations near Zonnebek on 26 September 1917. He was a Company runner and when communications had broken down through being unable to read the lamp through the smoke and dust caused by ours and enemy barrage he without consideration of his own safety ran back to Battalion Headquarters with a most important message. This performance by a very young soldier greatly impressed his comrades and was a great example to them. [Commonwealth Gazatte No.62 dated 19 April 1917]. He married Olive Marion Yarrow on 24 November 1923 and they settled in Toowoomba, Queensland. Just prior to his death, army records indicate he was living in Redcliffe, Queensland.Birth date17 January 1898Death date06 June 1973

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Laurence Hansen, SN 3755, Service Record

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Hansen, Laurence, 1898 - 1973