Hugh (Hughie) BRENNAN DCM, MID

BRENNAN, Hugh

Service Number: 503
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 30 July 1888
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1915: Involvement Corporal, 503, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked Corporal, 503, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
28 Jan 1916: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, London Gazette, page 1209 at position 48
11 Mar 1916: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, London Gazette, page 2737 at position 3
9 Sep 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 503, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916: Embarked Sergeant, 503, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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