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HENNESSY, Robert John

Service Number:	NX17182
Enlisted:	24 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 8 September 1917
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane Water, NSW, Australia, 24 July 2005, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

24 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX17182
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17182
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX17182, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA
23 Dec 1943:	Discharged Private, NX17182, Posting at discharge - 8 Aust Mount Pl
23 Dec 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX17182
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX17182, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA Tobruk (2/17 Bn)