BRENNAN, Richard Luke
| Service Number: | 6225 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia , 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sunbury, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6225, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6225, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6225, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Richard Luke BRENNAN was born in Sunbury, Victoria in 1884.
He was working as a Labourer when he joined the AIF on 10/2/1916 in Melbourne.
He gave his next of kin as his sister, Mary Brennan who was Matron of the HM Prison Bendigo. Mary was later Matron at HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg.
Richard's mother, Johanna Brennan lived in Neill Street Sunbury.
After training at the Broadmeadows Camp Richard left Australia on 11/9/1916 aboard the HMAT Euripides as part of the 5th Battalion.
Richard was killed in action on 4/10/1917 in the Passchendale area. His body was not recovered and he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.