John Thomas HENEGHAN

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HENEGHAN, John Thomas

Service Number:	3772
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Field Ambulance
Born:	Doogary, Aghamore, Mayo, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Mount Mellory and All Hallows Colleges, Ireland
Occupation:	Priest
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 March 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium Grave I. K. 22.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Ireland Castlebar Mayo Peace Park Australian War Memorial

World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3772, 7th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3772, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3772, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted and served under alias John Thomas HENEHAN

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He is one of 16 Australian soldier casualties of the Great War who are honoured on the Mayo Great War Memorial in Mayo Peace Park, Garden of Remembrance, Lannagh Road, Castlebar, County Mayo.

Usually the name appears because the casualty was born in the area or his parents lived there but sometimes the association rests with the fact that the casualty was educated in the district.

Also commemorated (Celtic Cross) in Port Fairy Cemetery, Victoria.

Next of kin-Father, M Heneghan, Mayo, Ireland

Enlistment date - 7 July 1915
Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria

Unit name
7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement

Age at embarkation 33

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria, 31 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 12 June 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 4 January 1917; taken on strength, 14th Field Ambulance, 11 January 1917.

Wounded in action, 9 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left side), and admitted to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred same day by Ambulance Train and admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital, 10 May 1917; transferred to England, 14 May 1917, and admitted to Norfolk and Norwich War Hospital, 15 May 1917. Discharged on furlough, 20 July 1917, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 2 August 1917.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, England on 24 August 1917 (X-ray, arm); classified B.1a3, 19 September 1917; A3, 20 October 1917.

Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 22 November 1917. pm, 7 December 1917:

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 December 1917; rejoined unit, 3 January 1918.

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