BRENNAN, Enoch
| Service Number: | 2529 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1916, 4 years senior cadets 2 years 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1962, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Wallsend General Cemetery, NSW GENERAL-OLD SECTION 1. Row Y. Plot 48. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, 4 years senior cadets 2 years 16th Infantry | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Concussion | |
| 8 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", SW right leg - severe - amputated | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2529, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, right leg amputated |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at West Wallsend Cemetery.
Private Enoch Brennan, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2529), wheeler from Hyndes Street, West Wallsend, New South Wales, died on the 18th July 1962, age-66. Burial date unknown (20th July? - GENERAL-OLD SECTION 1. Row Y. Plot 48.
Born at Greta, New South Wales on the 30th April 1896 to Enoch (died 1917, and Emma Brennan nee Fuller, died 1935; husband of Lillian Brennan nee Newland (married 1930, Cessnock, N.S.W., died 1964?), Enoch enlisted July 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 27.3.1917 (tonsilitis), 3.4.1917 (bronchitis), 22.7.1917 (scabies), 9.12.1917 (epididymitis).
Transferred to England 21.6.1918.
Amputation of right leg 23.6.1918.
Enoch was invalided home January 1919, being discharged on the 18th July 1919.
Mr. Brennan’s name has been inscribed on the West Wallsend and District Soldier's Memorial and the West Wallsend Superior Public School Honour Roll (photos, unveiled date unknown, 124 names inscribed of the Returned, 29 Fallen - The school Honour Roll was made by a teacher and later taken down and stored in the (damp) basement. When it was found in the 1980’s it was not in very good condition but was restored and proudly displayed in the school in time for the school's centenary celebrations in 1989). There was a West Wallsend Junior Technical School Roll of Honour unveiled on the 7-11th August 1916, but unfortunately no names were mentioned in the Newcastle Herald report.
I have placed poppies at Enoch’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Older brother John (Jack, 34th Battalion, Reg No-375, born 1892, Greta, N.S.W., died 30.8.1959, Hamilton, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Many thanks to Smith Dick for the notification and database of those resting at West Wallsend General Cemetery.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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