Timothy Joseph FENNELLY

FENNELLY, Timothy Joseph

Service Number: 1707
Enlisted: 12 June 1915, Seymour, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kilkenny, Ireland, 24 October 1893
Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural Causes , Newport, Victoria, Australia, 25 March 1963, aged 69 years
Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Interred 27th March IWGC list
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World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1707, Seymour, Victoria
19 Jun 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 2nd reinforcement’s 21st Battalion at Seymour Camp Victoria
16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1707, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1707, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
30 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1707, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Admitted Mumps ex return from Gallipoli on 10Jan 1916 at Alexandria
3 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police, Transferred to ANZAC Police Egypt ex 2nd reinforcement’s 21st Battalion for duty.
3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1707, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), Bullet wound to the head evacuated to 3rd Convalescence Depot France for treatment and convalescence
8 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 24th Battalion in the field Belgium ex 21st Battalion
4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1707, 24th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Gun shot wound right leg evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence at VAD hospital Cheltenham UK
15 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1707, 24th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
9 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion
5 Oct 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1707, 24th Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain
5 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Promoted to establishment of Unit in the field Belgium post Armistice
10 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1707, 24th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia on 19 August 1919 at Sydney on HT Ajana discharge at 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Address-Cuffesgrang Count Kilkenny, Ireland

Next of kin Rc, Nicholas Fennelly, Cuffesgrang, County Kilkenny, Ireland


21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915-he was then 21.
Rank from Nominal Roll-Lance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll-24th Battalion
Returned to Australia 19 August 1919