John HANLEY

HANLEY, John

Service Number: 2049
Enlisted: 11 September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1884
Home Town: Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Southampton, Hampshire, England, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2049, 30th Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2049, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
16 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2049, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

John Hanley was one of four brothers who served in the AIF. His youngest brother served in the same battalion, 2137A Private Archibald Owen Featherstone Hanley 30th Battalion AIF, who was killed in action 8 August 1918, age 23.

John Hanley settled in the UK and married a nurse after surviving the war and never returned to his native town of Kurri Kurri.