BRENNAN, George Henry
| Service Number: | 3487 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Karridale, Busselton, Western Australia, Australia, 16 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 18 August 1967, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Augusta War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the fifth of eight children of John Brennan (born 1845 at Vasse in WA) and Catherine (Kate) dawson (born 1857 in Vasse in WA). John and Kate married in Busselton in 1879 and raised their family in the region.
George married Mary Catherine Herlihy (born 1883 in perth, WA) in 1911 in Perth, and was working as a Sleeper Hewer in Busselton when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915. George served with 4th Reinforcements 28th Infantry Battalion and 51st Infantry Battalion as a Private (Service No: 3487) and was Discharged in June 1916 (Medical)
George's brothers also served in WWI - Peter (Service No: 15146); Edward John (Service No: 1020); and James Vincent (Service No: 3024). Youngest brother Matthew served with the ACMF (Service No: W83925), and nephew Vincent Sydney Brennan served with 2/3 Field Regiment as a Driver (Service No: WX71). Vincent was captured in Crete in 1941 and was a PoW at Stalag VII in Moosburg in Germany.
George returned to Perth and commenced working for the WA Government Railways as a Porter in 1916. He remained in various positions with the WAGR (Cleaner, Shunter, Watchman and Goods Porter) apart from a short period in the 1930s when he lived in Augusta, WA as a Pensioner.
During WWI, George served with the ACMF as a Private (Service No: W232729) with Camp HD Headquarters. Mary died in Perth in 1948, and George in 1967.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John & Catherine (nee Dawson)
Returned to Australia 11 May 1916 on board HT Kanowna and discharged medically unfit in Melbourne, with ongoing Renal Colic issues
Brother of James Vincent Brennan, died of wounds France 11 August 1918, Edward John Brennan, KIA France 29 July 1916, Peter Brennan, RTA 15 September 1919
One of his sons, Cpl Maurice John Brennan died 27 September 1943 whilst a POW at Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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