BRENNAN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 1312 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, Egypt, 4 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row E, Grave 178 Rev. Knapp officiated, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1312, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1312, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 7 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1312, Enlisted at Brisbane |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Joseph BRENNAN, (Service Number 1312) was born on 5 April 1890 at Kilkenny, Ireland. He commenced working for the NSW Railways as a labourer in the Per-Way Branch in the Western Division. In the following year he was working specifically on the section between Dubbo and Nyngan, then Byrock to Brewarrina and in 1915 between Dubbo and Coonamble.
He embarked from Brisbane on 13 February 1915 on HMAT ‘Seang Bee’ with the 9th Infantry Battalion
Although his railway card records that he was killed in action on 10 January 1917, in fact he died of wounds in Egypt on 4 July 1915 and is buried in the Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, at Alexandria.
(NAA B2455-3117056)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Also commemorated on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh StationKilkenny World War I Memorial.
Address-c/o Mr W C Harding, Solicitor, Inns of Court, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland.
Enlistment date 7/8 December 1914.
Place of enlistment-Brisbane, Queensland.
9th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 February 1915-he was then 20.
Taken on strength, 9th Bn, 12 May 1915. Mortally wounded, 20 May 1915.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli.
His brother, Regimental Company Sergeant Major THOMAS VINCENT BRENNAN, M.M., and Mentioned in Despatches of the 5th Light Horse and Cambefield Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, Australian Camel Field Ambulance and Australian Army Medical Corps, also served and is also honoured on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh StationKilkenny World War I Memorial.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Mary Brennan of High Street opposite St James Street, Kilkenny, Ireland
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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