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HENNESSY, Victor Jerome Patrick

Service Numbers:	52, Officer
Enlisted:	13 October 1899, Selected at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Train
Born:	Terang, Victoria, Australia, 29 July 1870
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Natural causes, Hiedelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1 March 1949, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Compartment A, Grave 221
Memorials:	Glenrowan State School Honour Roll

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 52, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
13 Oct 1899:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 52, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, Selected at Melbourne
20 Oct 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 52, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Medic, Melbourne for South Africa.
11 Feb 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
13 Dec 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 52, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient, Capetown for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 4 January 1901.
5 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 52, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
8 Feb 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Langwarrin
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Orient, Melbourne for South Africa.
28 Mar 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SS Custodian, Durban for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 26 April 1902.
27 Apr 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
19 May 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, SS Manchester Merchant, Melbourne for South Africa - disembarking Durban 13 June 1902.
10 Jul 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, SS Drayton Grange, Durban for return to Australia - arriving Melbourne 7 August 1902.
8 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 1st Australian Reserve Park, Captain, Melbourne
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Captain, 1st Australian Reserve Park, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Captain, 1st Australian Reserve Park, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Divisional Train, Captain
10 Oct 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, 4th Divisional Train, Major, SS Thermistocles, London for New York, America, then from Vancouver, Canada in SS Mankra on 1 November 1918 for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 21 December 1918.
6 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 4th Divisional Train, Major

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