FEENEY, Owen
| Service Number: | 19845 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Rokeby, Victoria, Australia, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Isolation Hospital at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, Tidworth Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 18 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 114, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 19845, 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 19845, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 19845, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Involvement Driver, 19845, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 19845 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-10-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 18th October…… Driver Owen Feeney was born at Rokeby, Victoria in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd November, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Horse Driver from Kyneton, Victoria.
Driver Owen Feeney embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Medic (A7) on 20th May, 1916 with 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 30th Battery & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 18th July, 1916.
Driver Owen Feeney was admitted to Brimstone Bottom Hospital at Tidworth, Wiltshire on 3rd October, 1916, from Camp 16 at Larkhill, near Durrington, Wiltshire.
Driver Owen Feeney died at 10.20 p.m. on 18th October, 1916 of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in Isolation Hospital at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth, Wiltshire.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
[** Private Daniel Vincent Feeney (7100), older brother of Owen Feeney was killed in action on 4th October, 1917 in Belgium. He was aged 32 & was buried in Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium.]
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/d---g1.html
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