P251
DEMPSEY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 7356 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Hackney, South Australia, 10 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 6 July 1940, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-61. 8. |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
80 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 9th July 1940, Sapper John Joseph Dempsey, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, station hand from Blende Street, North Broken Hill, New South Wales and Catherine Hill Bay, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 53. CATHOLIC 2-61. 8.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139373977 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139370659
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167459544- death believed to be natural causes.
Born at Hackney, South Australia on the 10th April 1887 to John and Mary Dempsey nee Flahavan, John enlisted November 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements at the Torrens Island Camp, South Australia.
Admitted to hospital 14.5.1918 (pyrexia), 24.5.1918 (influenza), Mr Dempsey returned home July 1919, being discharged 17th August 1919.
John had been resting in an unmarked grave, now long forgotten, so April 2015 I placed a cross on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=8315#2
See Tunnellers - http://www.tunnellers.net/
Lest We Forget.
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