Henry George ZEGENHAGEN

ZEGENHAGEN, Henry George

Service Number: 1797
Enlisted: 2 February 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Field Company Engineers
Born: Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 11 March 1895
Home Town: Gympie, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Queensland, Australia, 14 August 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Grave 7A-919
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World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1797, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 1797, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 1797, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
5 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps
11 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
16 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
20 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
15 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers, At Moascar.
25 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1797, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of  Carl 'Charles' Frederick William Zegenhagen and Anna Matilda Zegenhagen Eisart of Gympie, QLD.

Brother of Frederick William Zegenhagen who returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 having served with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 7 February 1921 Hnery married Mary Ellen Murphy in QLD