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Henry CAHILL

Regimental number1524
Place of birthMonaro, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressAdaminaby via Cooma, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Cahill, Adaminaby, Cooma, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 10 April 19156 - 17th Bn 1st Reinforcements; taken on strength 17th Bn 13 August 1915; mortally wounded 26 July 1916.
FateDied of wounds 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death35
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row A, Grave 42), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82

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