Henry John PENNY

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Service Number:	4882
Enlisted:	23 September 1915, Townsville, Qld.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hughenden R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Roll of Honour, Hughenden War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4882, 15th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld.
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4882, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4882, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
1 Feb 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 4882, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4882 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-01

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