HENNEGAN, Charles
| Service Numbers: | 20, Q201830 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enoggera, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, 30 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mount Morgan Central Boys' State School |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Natural causes, Kenmore Repatriation Hospital, Queensland, 26 July 1981, aged 87 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Location: Columbarium 12, Section: Section 4 |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Methodist Church Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20, Enoggera, Queensland | |
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| 22 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 20, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 20, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Invalided to Australia due to being medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Q201830 | |
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| 22 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q201830, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 23 Apr 1942: | Involvement Q201830, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Lieutenant, Q201830, 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.
Our Mount Morgan correspondent, writing last evening, says :-"Mr. C. Hennegan, Dee-street, Has been advised that his son, Sapper Charles Hennegan, is in hospital, London. sick." from Morning Bulletin 6 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)
'LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Our Mount Morgan correspondent, writing on Monday says :— " Mrs. P. Hennegan, Dee-street, wishes it made known, with reference to the statement that her son, Sapper C. Hennegan of the Third Field Engineers, has been dangerously wounded, that she has not had any advice to this effect." from The Capricornian 4 sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)