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Joseph Henry PENN

Regimental number1685
Place of birthGrafton New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPrinter
AddressGrafton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Penn, Grafton, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Catherine PENN, Prince Street, Grafton, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 134 Pte Charles James PENN, 5th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 9 February 1916; 6548 Lance Corporal John William PENN, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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