TENNANT, Andrew Alexander
| Service Number: | 3131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Arncliffe, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Herberturne, France, 28 March 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta Mental Hospital Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3131, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3131, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 3131, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3131 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 32 and the son of Andrew and Lizzie Tennant; husband of E. M. Tennant, of Reynella,1, Mitchell St., Arncliffe, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 7 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/30/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 6 September 1915.
Rank from Nominal Roll-Company Sergeant Major
Age at embarkation 22
He is honoured on the Great War window in Clontarf Presbyterian Church, County Dublin. Also commemorated is A.H.Bailey but no record of this man has been found..
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