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Herman SWEENEY

Regimental number4772
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolSt Ignatius School, Richmond, Victoria (Catholic)
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Sweeney, 29 Egan Street, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 14 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFerselles, Belgium
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialVillers-Bocage Communal Cemetery Exstension (Row F, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Francis and Mary SWEENEY; husband of M.E. SWEENEY, 29 Egan Street, Richmond, Victoria
Family/military connectionsSon: J.F. Sweeney no. 344, 6th Bn.

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