FEENAN, Peter
| Service Number: | 77 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | East Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer and Rugby League Player |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 77, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 77, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 77, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 77 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 26th September 1917, Lance Corporal Peter Feenan, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-77), labourer and rugby league player from Newcastle Street, East Maitland, New South Wales, fell at the Battle of Polygon Wood during the Passchendaele Campaign, age 25.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
Born at East Maitland, New South Wales on the 25th August 1892 to John (died 1945) and Mary Ann (died 1926) Feenan of 42 Union Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and 3 Tighes Terrace Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., Peter enlisted January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
35th Battalion football team - presentation and social.
Admitted to hospital 23.7.1916 (not stated).
Transferred to the 53rd Battalion - 10.10.1916.
Mr Feenan’s name has been inscribed on The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29), Belgium.
Peter’s name has also been inscribed on the magnificent East Maitland War Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 25th April (Anzac Day) 1923, 220 names inscribed, 45 fell). Name not inscribed on the East Maitland Public School Roll of Honour. Name possibly inscribed on the East Maitland Municipal District Roll of Honor (please send to me a photo).
There is no memorial inscription on his parent’s headstone to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so on the 24th September 2017 I was joined by Feenan descendants to honour the supreme sacrifice of Peter with the placing of a memorial cross. CATHOLIC 1-25. 74.
Lest We Forget.
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