Aloysious John HANSBY

Regimental number6/3726
Date of birth17 August 1889
Place of birthReefton
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hansby, Derby Street, Westport
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Mr & Mrs William Hansby, Westport
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 8 February 1916.

Joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 19 February 1916.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 5 July 1916 (myalgia); transferred to Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, 8 July 1916; to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 4 August 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 19 August 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 22 September 1916 (myalgia); rejoined unit, 30 September 1916.

Wounded in action, 27 November 1916; now, 19 December 1916, reported not wounded.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 27 November 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, 4 December 1916.

Detached to 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company, 12 March 1917; rejoined unit, 28 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave. 12 August 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

Buried at Passchendaele in the vicinity of Belle Vue Spur by Rev. J. Lush; grave subsequently lost.

War service: 1 year 36 days (of which 427 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 25
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16791228