DENNEHY, Allan Henry
| Service Number: | 5686 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Patrician Brothers, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stonemason |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5686, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5686, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5686, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Allan Henry Dennehy lost his life at the age of 20 when a delayed action mine left by the Germans, exploded at the Quartermaster’s store in Velu, near Bapaume, three days after the Battle of Lagnicourt. Nine men of the 4th Battalion in total were killed in the explosion of what today is known as an Improvised Explosive Device.
His slightly older brother, 1730 Pte. William John Dennehy, 3rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Lone Pine on Gallipoli during August 1915, at 21 years of age.
Their parents, William and Kate Dennehy were distraught in their service file letters by the fact that neither of their sons had a known grave.
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