LENAGHAN, Nicholas Joseph
| Service Number: | 878 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Tourello, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Tourello, Ballarat North, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tourello State School, Victoria, St Patricks College, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Illness (measles), Egypt, 8 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave No. 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clunes War Memorial, Tourello Walnut Grove Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 878, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 878, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 878, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 2 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 878, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Nicholas Joseph Lenaghan enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 11 November 1914, aged almost 39. He embarked overseas on 13 April 1915 and arrived in Egypt on 17 May 1915.
After several months training, he left Egypt and joined the 4th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli on 2 October 1915, where they held defensive positions around Ryrie’s Post.
The regiment left Gallipoli on 11 December 1915 and arrived back in Egypt on 27 December 1915.
Trooper Nicholas Joseph Lenaghan was diagnosed with measles (initially thought to be smallpox) on 8 May 1916 and hospitalised at the No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Tel el Kebir, Egypt.
He haemorrhaged while in hospital and died on 8 May 1916.
He was buried later the same day in the Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Source: Extract from "Clunes War Memorial WW1" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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