Oscar
Donald Humphrey
Hassell
Born in Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Albert Young Hassell MLA
and Ethel (Clifton) Hassell
Brother of
John Hassell, Edmund Arthur Hassell, Albert Cecil Hassell, Hebert Clifton Hassell, Kathleen Alice Hassell, Ellen Hassell, Harold William Hassell and Honor Ethel Hassell
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in Gallipoli, Turkey
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He was the youngest son.
Prior to the war he was a Stockman.
He served in WWI with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron D troop. S/N 112. He was friends from Albany with John Playne and Geoffrey Drake-Brockman and attempted to climb the Pyramids with them. He had some of his letters home published in the local newspaper.
He died during the Battle of Hill 60 at Gallipoli. D troop of A Squadron had very little cover and suffered heavy losses.
Sources
- West Australia BDM records. Birth reg 1891/563.
- Death Notice. The Albany Advertiser 11/9/1915. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70120025?searchTerm=hassell
- Gallipoli to Tripoli History of the 10th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914 - 1919. by Browning and Gill. Hesperian Press 2012. Pages 37, 38, 66, 114 and 576.
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Categories: Killed in Action, Australia, World War I | Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) | 10th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, World War I