CAIRNDUFF, Tennyson
| Service Number: | 71 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Brighton, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, 2 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Illness, Hobart, Tasmania, 4 August 1951, aged 58 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 71, 12th Infantry Battalion, Brighton, Tasmania | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 71, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 71, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 21 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 71, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
He was born as Harold Tennyson CAIRNDUFF on 2nd March, 1893 in Hobart, Tasmania
His parents were Alfred Arthur George CAIRNDUFF & Mary Ann SUTCLIFFE
He enlisted in Brighton, Tasmania on 28th August, 1914 as a Bugler with the 12th Infantry Battalion and embarked from Hobart on 20th October, 1914 on the ship Geelong with the 12th Infantry Battalion A Company
He returned to Australia on 23rd September, 1918 and was discharged on 21st March, 1920 as medically unfit
Tennyson died in Hobart on 4th August, 1951 and was cremated at Cornelian Bay Crematorium
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Four of his brothers also served during WW1
1. Alfred George CAIRNDUFF (SN 13554) returned to Australia in 1919 and discharged 9.5.1920
2. James Banks CAIRNDUFF (SN 571) returned to Australia in 1916 and discharged 13.9.1916
3. James William CAIRNDUFF (SN 4) returned to Australia in 1916 and discharged 12.7.1917
4. Roy Edward CAIRNDUFF (SN 145) returned to Australia in 1917
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