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BRENNAN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5497 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row E, Grave 20, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Christian Brothers' College WW1 Roll of Honor, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5497, Tunnelling Companies, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5497, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 25 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5497, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5497 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-05-25 |
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