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Thomas Joseph McKENNA

Regimental number4587
Place of birthWarrnambool Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRural worker
Address176 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret McKenna, 176 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Margaret MCKENNA, 176 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Native of Purnim, Warrnambool, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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