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Anthony LENEHAN

Regimental number1721
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolHurstville Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressAlma Street, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, J Lenehan, Alma Street, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 28 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was one that loved his home and his country. He had great respect for his parents and thought alot of in the railway works where he learned his trade. (Father)
FateDied of wounds 2 March 1917
Place of death or woundingWarlencourt, Somme, France
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
83
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen LENEHAN, "Locorno", alma Street, Hurstville, New South Wales. Native of Sydney

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