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HENNEY, William Henry Sutherland

Service Number:	2438
Enlisted:	28 March 1916, Emerald, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 28 July 1882
Home Town:	Springsure, Central Highlands, Queensland
Schooling:	Springsure State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Fencer
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), France, 23 April 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Springsure State School Memorial Fountain

World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2438, Emerald, Queensland
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 2438, 47th Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, SN 2438, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 2438, 47th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
5 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Villers-Bretonneux

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