BRENNAN, Thomas Vincent
| Service Number: | 565 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, 6 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Fractured Spine/ Exhaustion, 1920, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot 2H |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 565, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 565, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 565, later promoted to Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Rank on enlistment - Private
Date of enlistment - 10 December 1914
Ranks Held-
Corporal, and Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant.
Unit name MED26.40.2R3
Rank from Nominal Roll-Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll Camel Field Ambulance and also served with the 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps.
Date of embarkation 13 February 1915
Gazetted
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1916-11-16
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Mentioned in Despatches
Military Medal.
Date returned to Australia 09 December 1919
Police Gazette clerk
Discharged at own request 30.05.1920
FUNERAL NOTICES
BRENNAN.—The Friends of the late Mr. THOMAS
Address-c/o C Harding, solicitor, Brisbane, Queensland
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs M Brennan, High Street, Kilkenny, Ireland
Enlistment date 10 December 1914.
VINCENT BRENNAN, M.M. , late Quartermaster Sergeant 5th Light Horse and Cambefield Ambulance, and editor of " Calatac," are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, to move from the Funeral Parlour of Foley, Cremin, Ltd., Stanley-street, South Brisbane, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, to the South Brisbane Cemetery.
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