Regimental number | 2619 |
Place of birth | Mount Schanck, South Australia |
School | Mount Schanck Provisional School, Mount Schanck, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Mount Schank, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Hannah Martha Hennessy, Mount Schank, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Cpl. J.H. Hennessy left Australia with 7th Reinforcements to 10th Battalion. He served at Gallipoli. He was wounded at Pozi?res, and again at Polygon Wood on 21st September, 1917. He met his death at the attack on Meteren on 24th April, 1918." Details from Mother. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Meteren, France |
Age at death | 28 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Meteren Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 289), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 59 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Hannah Martha HENNESSY, Mt. Schank, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Cousin: Harold George Thomas, 28th Battalion, killed in action. |