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Lionel Asher HEFFERNAN

Regimental number3164
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
SchoolCampbell Forest State School and Bendigo Continuation High School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressNorthcote, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lillian Heffernan, 110 Dundas Street, Northcote, Victoria
Enlistment date1 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action No details enetered on Nominal
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24.4
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 6), Mericourt - L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of William HEFFERNAN and Sarah BEAGLEY; husband of Lillian HEFFERNAN, Sebastian, Victoria. Native of Campbell's Forest, Victoria

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