Timothy Michael LINEHAN

LINEHAN, Timothy Michael

Service Number: 1497
Enlisted: 20 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Mundoona, Vic., 1885
Home Town: Wunghnu, Moira, Victoria
Schooling: Bunbartha State School
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Died of wounds, Palestine, 20 April 1917
Cemetery: Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel
A 10, Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Deir El Belah, Israel
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah Saluting Their Service Mural, Wunghnu and District War Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1497, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic.
23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1497, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1497, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
20 Apr 1917: Involvement Trooper, 1497, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1497 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-20

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of  Michael and Bridget LINEHAN, Bunbartha, Victoria.

PRIVATE T. LINEHAN.
Private Timothy Linehan, eldest son of Mrs. B. Linehan, of Mundoona, Berrigan, has died of wounds in Egypt. He was 33 years of age, and resided in the Berrigan and Oaklands districts, where he was well known in football circles.

DEEPLY MOURNED MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

Mrs Linehan, of Bunbartha, will be most sincerely commiserated with on the death of one of her three soldier sons, Private M. T. Linehan, who has just died as the results of  wounds received in action in France. The sad news was conveyed to Mrs Linehan by Arch-Priest McCarthy. Almost coincident with the distressing intelligence came the  information that another of Mrs Linehan's sons was returning home by a hospital ship that arrived during this week, and Mrs Linehan proceeded to Melbourne to meet her boy.

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