Private Gwyn Macgregor Hanford

Service number NX26559
Birth Date 1915-11-04
Death Date 1944-07-01
Death Place Australia
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Place Australia
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Private Gwyn Macgregor Hanford enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 19 June 1940. After a period of training, he served with 2/3 Pioneer Battalion in Australia, the Middle East and New Guinea. Private Hanford died on 1 July 1944 in Queensland. He is buried at Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    2/3rd Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of birth 04 November 1915
Date of death 01 July 1944