Born: 04 May 1915 in Breslau, Germany.
Died: 27 May, 1941 aboard Bismarck.
Age (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): 26.
Rank (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): Bootsmaat.
Position (at the time of Bismarck's sinking): Amidships Gun Leader (Mittelschiff Geschützführer).
Additional notes: Before being asigned to the Bismarck Alfons Hanke served on both the pocket battleship Graf Spee and the battleship Gniesenau. He left behind a pregnant wife and a daughter Irene he never knew born after the sinking of the ship.
