Hugh Patrick MCKENNA

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Service Number:	2397
Enlisted:	28 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1887
Home Town:	Jenolan Caves, Oberon, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ship Steward
Died:	Chest Wound, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row D, Grave 9 Chaplain J.M. Duncan, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2397, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2397, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2397, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Son of Hugh McKenna of 10 McKennell Street, Paisley, Scotland

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