HALLINAN, John
| Service Number: | 2862 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bolwarra, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bolwarra School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 30 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie I C 21, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bolwarra Public School Memorial Tablet, Bolwarra Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2862, 54th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2862, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2862, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Martin and Margaret HALLINAN, 31 Botany Street, Redfern, Sydney.
The late Private John Hallinan.
News has been received by Mrs. Hallinan, of 45 William-street, Redfern, of the death of her youngest son, Private John Hallinan, on April 30. Private Hallinan, who was in his 21st year, died of wounds at a field clearing station in France. Much sympathy and kind messages have been bestowed upon his sorrowing mother, brother and sister. The young soldier had always shown himself a true and upright type of Catholic young man. Enlisting in April, 1916, he embarked in October, and was sent to the French front. After a month or so in the firing line he contracted trench fever which necessitated his retirement for three months. A few weeks prior to making the supreme sacrifice, he cabled that he was in Paris on furlough, and enjoying the sights of the great city. His brother James is in France with the Mining Corps. — R.I.P.