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LENIHAN, John Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2492, 2492A |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | South Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Salisbury, Salisbury, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Freezer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" 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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2492, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2492A, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2492A, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2492, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2492 Private John Lawrence Lenihan (aka John Lawrence), 5th Reinforcements, 25th Battalion, of Salisbury, SA, aged 33 years. Pte Lenihan enlisted on 16 August 1915 and embarked from Brisbane on 5 October 1915 aboard HMAS Warilda. He was transferred to the 9th Battalion on 4 March 1916 and then to the 3rd Machine Gun Company on 15 November 1916. He was wounded in action in France and was killed in action on 4 October 1917 in Ypres, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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