2495 Patrick HENNESSY

Date of enlistment	7^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres

Summary of Private Hennessy’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
22^nd June 1917	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
12^th May 1917	Australia	Disembarked Bultana
17^th March 1917	England	Return to Australia on HT Bultana
13^th February 1917	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
17^th January 1917	England	From hospital to furlough
8^th December 1916	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
10^th August 1916	England	Admitted to Wharncliffe War Hospital Sheffield – shell wound left leg severe (fracture and calf damage)
8^th August 1916	France	Embarked for England on HS Cambria from Boulogne
7^th August 1916	France	Admitted to 8^th Stationary Hospital
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot Wound leg (severe)
5^th July 1916	France	Absent without leave in the field. Award 12 days FP#2 and total forfeiture of 14 days pay
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
28^th September 1915	Australia	Re-assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
4^th August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 6^th Reinforcements
21^st July 1915	Australia	Marched into 63 Company Depot Broadmeadows