George Lewis HAMMOND

George Lewis Hammond Photo:
Australian War Memorial
Birthplace
Burwood NSW
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Painter
Enlisted
18-January-1915
Place
Liverpool NSW
Age
21
Status
Single
Service No
1967
Rank
Private
Unit
3rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcements
Embarked
13-April-1915
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Egypt, Gallipoli
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
6-12-August-1915
Place
Gallipoli, Turkey
Cemetery or Memorial
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial, St Luke’s Anglican Church Toowoomba Honour Board and Order of Oddfellows Queen of the South Lodge Honour Roll.

 

George Hammond arrived at Gallipoli in June 1915. In August, after days of heavy fighting around Lone Pine, he was listed as missing. Ten months later an AIF Court of Enquiry concluded he had been killed in action between 6-12 August. His body was never found.

25 soldiers named on the Roll of Honour died during the Gallipoli campaign.