The AIF Project

John Thomas HENNESSY

Regimental number3278
Place of birthBristol, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressWyambyn, Beaudesert, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 3.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Ellen Hennessy, 20 Pope Street, Bootle, Liverpool, England
Previous military serviceNil (lived in exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme)
Enlistment date10 November 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3278A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 April 1918
Discharge date29 June 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 December 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England 3 March 1917; marched in to 13th Training Bn, Codford, 4 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 June 1917; taken on strength, 49th Bn, in the field, 4 July 1917.

Wounded in action, 26 September 1917 (bullet wound, right thigh), and admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred by Ambulance Train No 2 to No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 29 September 1917; to England, 29 November 1917, and admitted same day to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford (gun shot wound, compound fracture, right femur: serious). Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 2 April 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Dunluce Castle', 8 April 1918; transshipped to HT Karoola', departed Suez, 27 April 1918; disembarked Sydney, 28 May 1918; discharged (wounded), 29 June 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: b2455, HENNESSY John Thomas

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.