Alphonso John (John) DENNIS

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DENNIS, Alphonso John

Service Number:	4262
Enlisted:	15 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 29 November 1886
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1943, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria The Victorian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 22nd Infantry Battalion
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4262, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4262, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Duntroon Plateau near the Suez Canal

World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 60th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles on board Kinfauns Castle for service on the Western front
19 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 60th Infantry Battalion, France; GSW foot
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
15 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 59th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Orontes
29 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 59th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Alphonso John Dennis (Service No:4262) enlisted in the AIF on 15 January 1916, and was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion on 7 March 1916 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Suez on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire. On 20 April 1916, Private Dennis transferred to 60th Infantry Battalion at Duntroon Plateau near the Suez Canal, and embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles on 29 June 1916 on board the Kinfauns Castle for service on the Western Front. Private Dennis was WiA in France (GSW foot) on 19 July 1917, and on 25 September 1918 was transferred to 59th Infantry Battalion. Private Dennis embarked from England for Melbourne on 15 May 1919, and was attached to 59th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 29 October 1919.

John was born in Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria in 1886, eighth of nine children of William Frederick Dennis (b1850 in Cornwall, England) and Emma Louisa Davey (b1855 at Emerald Hill, Victoria). William immigrated in 1859, arriving in Melbourne with his parents and siblings on board the Royal Bride. William and Emma married in Eaglehawk in 1876, and lived there and in Nering via Ballarat, where they raised their family and William worked as a Blacksmith and Miner. William was working as a Miner at broken Hill in New South Wales when he died in 1896.

John was working in Melbourne as a Labourer in 1908 when he married Della Andrews (b1888 in Melbourne, Victoria). John and Della settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and John worked as a Labourer until his death in 1943. Della died in 1971.

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