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John Alexander Lennon

Name on Board J Lennon
Name on Service
Records
John Alexander  Lennon
Enlistment Age 25
Occupation Labourer
Place of Birth Dandenong, Vic
Next of Kin Ellen Elizabeth Lennon
Address Bell St, Coburg, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 10/05/1916
Service No. 3574
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 1/08/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Orsova A67
Unit on Embarkation 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 29/07/1918
Unit on Death 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Additional Information Mother, Mrs M Watts, Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield, Vic. Brothers: John Alexander Lennon (3574), killed in action in France; Hugh Lennon (133), killed in action at Gallipoli. Letter on service records of John Alexander Lennon (page 75) from Ellen Lennon dated 20/5/1921, makes the connection between all three brothers and their father, William Lennon of Robb St, Newport, Vic. Note on service records of letter from Williamstown Town Clerk  dated 7/2/1922, requesting date of death
Additional References Australian War Memorial Photo DACS0326      : https://www.Australian War Memorial.gov.au/collection/DACS0326/
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