HENNINGSEN, George Henry
Service Number: | 7009 |
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Enlisted: | 9 October 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 2 May 1898 |
Home Town: | Waroona, Waroona, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Marradong Public School & Gosnells Primary School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer/Farmer |
Died: | Tuberculosis, Woorooloo Sanitarium, Western Australia, 3 November 1962, aged 64 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes were scattered on the grave of his Mother at Karrakatta Cemetery |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
9 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7009, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7009, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7009, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle | |
26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7009, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, Medical Discharge, GSW Right Side of Face | |
5 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7009, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tanya Orso
George Henry Henningsen was the son Anne Kirstine Neilsen Henningsen.
He was raised in Gosnells, Perth until his mother married James Munday a farmer in Marradong. Together Anne and James went on to have four further children together whilst still raising the children born from James first marriage.
George married Myrtle Mary Jennings in Harvey WA in 1922 the couple had 5 children. Their second born Gladys Myrtle died in 1925 at less than a year old. Their only son (twin to Thelma Irene) died at birth.