Joseph Henry KINNANE

KINNANE, Joseph Henry

Service Number: 144
Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Queenscliffe, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Warrenhiep, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Warrenheip, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 October 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Garden of Remembrance Section, Companion of Roses, Garden Bed A, Position 31
Tree Plaque: Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Memorials: Ballarat Avenue of Honour, Warrenheip State School No 1591 Honor Board
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Queenscliffe, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the thigh
5 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Shrapnel wound to the head
14 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gunshot wound to the left forearm causing a compound fracture. Invalided to England on 22 April 1918
24 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 144, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Coleman Kinnane and Emma Kinnane nee Haughton of Warrenhiep, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 September 1918 aboard HT Arawa disembarking on the 18 November 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Joseph married Miriam Elizabeth Jenkins in Victoria