MCKENNA, Harry
| Service Number: | 2931 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 May 1916, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Barber |
| Died: | Suffocation/ Asphyxia caused by breaking artificial teeth, Fountain Hotel, Weymouth, Dorset England, United Kingdom, 20 March 1919, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England Plot II, Row C, Grave 3034, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2931, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2931, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A72' Beltana from Sydney on 25th November 1916. AWOL in Durban, re-embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from Durban, South Africa on 27th December 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 17th February 1917. | |
| 27 Mar 1919: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2931, 34th Infantry Battalion, Died of suffocation caused by breaking artificial teeth |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Wife, Mrs Agnes McKenna, 42 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Previously served in the 9th Hussars for 12 years; Horneycroft Mounted Infantry, Boer War, 3 years; Natal Field Artillery, 3 months.
Enlisted on 10 May 1916; discharged, 25 August 1916 (medically unfit; not due to misconduct). Previously rejected for enlistment on account of malaria.
Re-Enlistment date 25 November 1916
Place of enlistment Sydney, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation-44-Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916; failed to re-embark at Durban, South Africa. Re-embarked on board 'Orsova', 27 December 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 17 February 1917.
Marched in to 9th Training Bn, Larkhill, 28 February 1918.
Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 19 February 1918.
War service: England
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