BRENNAN, James

BRENNAN, James

Full Name: JAMES

BRENNAN

Date of Birth: 08

1880

Place of birth: Karridale WA

Australia

Occupation: Timber Worker

Address: Nannup WA

Next of Kin: Father- Thomas BRENNAN, Mother- Elizabeth BRENNAN

Next of Kin Address: Sydney NSW

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 5062

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1916-02-02

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-03-31

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-04-24

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Wimereux France

Age at Death: 36

Burial Location: Wimereux Communal Cemetery- Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 6

7/01/1916- Signed Application to Enlist & Completed Preliminary Medical Examination Perth WA
2/02/1916- To Area 1 Depot Perth as Private
14/02/1916- To 16th Reinforcements 11th Battalion Blackboy Hill WA
31/03/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Shropshire ” bound for Egypt
24/04/1916- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt ex Australia
17/05/1916- Admitted 4th Aux Hospital Cairo ( Measles )
22/05/1916- Discharged fro Hospital to Unit in the field Egypt
29/05/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
3/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
7/06/1916- To 1st Australian Division Base Depot Etaples France
29/07/1916- Joined ” C ” Company 11th Battalion in the field France ex Base Depot
20-23/08/1916- Wounded in Action ( Gunshot Wound Back ) France – Seriously Ill
27/08/1916- Admitted 8th Stationary Hospital Wimereux France ex 13th Australian Field Ambulance ex 44th Casualty Clearing Station
6/09/1916- Died of Wounds Received in Action

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 34205

Victory Medal – No. 33962

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 300642

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Balingup War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 61.