John HEALY

Regimental number3847
Date of birth2 April 1870
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolThelbarton; Thebarton Public School, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBricklayer
Address14 Little Sturt Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martha Healy, 14 Little Sturt Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of disease 10 February 1917
Age at death48
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 2637), Dorset
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Catherine HEALY; husband of M HEALY, "Orama", Glenunga Avenue, Glen Osmond, South Australia
Other detailsWar servcie: Egypt, France, Belgium. Contracted illness; invalided to England.