Regimental number | 2931 |
Place of birth | Kilkenny, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Barber |
Address | Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 44 |
Height | 5' 9.6" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Agnes McKenna, 42 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Previously served in the 9th Hussars for 12 years; Horneycroft Mounted Infantry, Boer War, 3 years; Natal Field Artillery, 3 months. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 34th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/51/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 34th Battalion |
Fate | Died of suffocation |
Place of burial | Melcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3034), Dorset, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 124 |
Other details |
Enlisted, 10 May 1916; discharged, 25 August 1916 (medically unfit; not due to misconduct). Re-enlisted, 25 November 1916. War service: England Embarked Sydney, 25 November 1916; failed to re-embark at Durban, South Africa. Re-embarked on board 'Orsova', 27 December 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 17 February 1917. Found guilty opf being absent from the Troop Ship while at sea, midnight, 5 January, to 1 pm, 6 January 1917: awarded 48 hours' detention and forfeited 3 days' pay. Marched in to 9th Training Bn, Larkhill, 28 February 1918. Found guilty, 20 September 1917, of being absent without leave, 10 pm, 15 September 1917, to 6 am, 18 September 1917: awarded 8 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 13 days' pay. Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 19 February 1918. Found guilty, 20 May 1918, of being absent without leave, 11.15 pm, 16 May, to 7.20 pm, 18 May 1918: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 3 days' pay. Found guilty of being drunk in Sergeants' Mess, Littlemore, 8 August 1918: admonished. Found dead, Fountain Hotel, Weymouth, 20 March 1919. Coroner ruled death by suffocation: breaking artificial teeth. Medal: British War Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Previously rejected for enlistment on account of malaria. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, McKENNA Harry |