Denney, Henry Robert

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Denney, Henry Robert

Service Number Number 5001 1494 Service in Action May 1915 Died Killed of Wounds 30th19th October 1917 Gallipoli 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station,Peninsula Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Denney, Henry Robert

SERVICE NO

5001

UNIT

13th Rienf. / 15th Field Coy Engineers

RANK

Driver

AGE at Enlistment

23 yrs 3 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Gosford, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Carrier

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

28 Sept 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Holdsworthy, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father;- Joseph Denney, Bowraville, Nambucca River, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’10½”. Weight-11st.. Chest-37-39” Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Black. Upper plate- 5 front & 2 back teeth. C/E

EMBARKED

Sydney 17 Dec 1915 per A35 “Berrima”

DISEMBARKED NOTES

Furlough England 22 Apr-8 May 1917

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

27 Oct 1917 Belgium- BW R/Leg compound fracture

DIED

30 Oct 1917 DOW - 2nd Canadian Cas. Clearing Station, Belgium.

BURIED

30 Oct 1917- Lijssenthock Cem. Plot 21 Row DD Gve 1A By Rev G M Ambrose

MEDALS

British War Medal-27023, Victory Medal-26847. Memorial Plaque & Scroll337451

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

2 discs, Wallet, Belt, Photos, Letters, Fountain Pen, Knife, Metal wrist watch, Silver watch, Coins.

WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

United Grand Order Of Oddfellows. Father.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3500992

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