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Arthur Francis HENNESSEY

Regimental number1407
Place of birthRockhampton, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOverseer
AddressBlackall, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 6"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J C Hennessey, Blackall, Queensland
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashrobra on 4 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War 3 October 1918
Place of death or woundingJordan Valley, Palestine
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Basra Memorial, Iraq
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Julia HENNESSEY, Station road, Sherwood, Queensland. Died while a Prisoner of War in Asia Minor
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2033 Pte Leopold Victor HENNESSEY, 5th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 23 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Reported missing, 21 September 1918.

Court of Enquiry, concluded: 'Missing, believed Prisoner of War'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as HENNESSY.
SourcesNAA: B2455, HENNESSEY Arthur Francis

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