CAIRNS-PENNY, John Alexander
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Surgeon |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, 1861 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner / Surgeon |
| Died: | Chronic Nephritis and Uraemia, Gayndah Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Church of England, L. 1064 |
| Memorials: | Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church J.A. Cairns-Penny Memorial |
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Sep 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Staff Surgeon , Officer, Royal Australian Navy |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Staff Surgeon , Officer, Royal Australian Navy, RAN - Depot Establishment, RAN Reserve |
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John Alexander CAIRNS PENNY was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1861
His parents were James Samuel PENNY & Annie FERGUSON
He married Frances Margaret Helena COADE in Queensland on 16th September, 1889
John was awarded the volunteer officers decoration posthumously
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two of his sons also served
1. Geoffrey James CAIRNS PENNY (SN 3473) WW1 - 4th Pioneers Battalion, 2nd Lieutenant - returned to Australia on 6th May, 1919
He also served in WW2 as an Army Captain in the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corp and was discharged on 30th September, 1945
2. Desmond Ferguson CAIRNS PENNY was a Lieutenant in the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and died in WW1 on 5th June 1917
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