PENHALLURICK, Martin
| Service Number: | 2724 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 24 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Boys' Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 11 June 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord III C 48. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitchell & Districts War Memorial, Mitchell War Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2724, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2724, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2724, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2724, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Daniel and Emily PENHALLURICK of Tooloombilla Station, Queensland
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE
Private Martin Penhallurick, third son of Mr. and Mrs. Penhallurick, Tootoombilla, Mitchell, went into camp in Brisbane on August 20, 1916 and sailed from Australia on October 8, 1916. He left London for France on December 27, 1916 and died of wounds received in the Messines Battle in France, June 11 1917. Soon after his arrival in France he met his brother, John Harold Penhallurick (fourth son), who went into camp at Brisbane, on January 13, 1916, and left Australia on April 21. He left London for France on August 17, and wounded at Pozieres on April 9, 1917, and is now in the Harefield Park Hospital, England, with his right arm fractured. He was doing well when last heard from.
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