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Hugh LENNON

Regimental number4059
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressEast Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21.9
Height5' 7"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elsie Minnie Lennon, 21 Holland Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date1 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 October 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBailleul Road East Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 30), St. Laurent-Blangy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret LENNON; husband of Elsie LENNON, Supreme Court Buildings, Perth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria, 26 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 12 June 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 2 November 1916; taken on strength, 28th Bn, 18 November 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 16 December 1916.

Appointed Corporal, 17 January 1917.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 18 January 1917.

Admitted to 5th Field Ambulance, 10 February 1917 (mumps); discharged to duty, 2 March 1917; rejoined Bn, 3 March 1917.

Promoted Sergeant, 13 March 1917.

Killed in action, 26 March 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, LENNON Hugh

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