Valentine O'SHANNESSY

Valentine O'SHANNESSY Update Details

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Service Number:	3115
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Clermont, Isaac, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3115, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3115, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 26th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3115, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3115 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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Son of Richard O'Shannessy and Mary A. O'Shannessy of Coonamble, NSW

At the time of enlistment Valentine was residing in Clermont, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Rose Agnes Conway of Phillips Street, Bondi, NSW.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal