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George Ernest HENNING

Regimental number3085
Place of birthLakes Entrance, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressCunninghame, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs. M.Henning, Cunninghame, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 August 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCambridge Borough Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 3319), Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rudolp and Margaret HENNING, Lakes Entrance, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle and cousin both died whilst on active service.

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