MAHER  D.S.

Given Names:  Dennis Septimus

               

Service Number:  3159

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  24 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Railway Employee                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  190 Lbs

Chest:  38-41 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Patrick Joseph Maher

63 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  26/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Commonwealth A73

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Benalla  

Embarked:  13/2/1917                               

Disembarked:  17/3/1917

Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  25/4/1917                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  29778

Victory Medal:  29569

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Coburg, Victoria                           

Father:  Patrick Joseph MAHER               

Mother:  Mary CASEY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:             

Spouse: Annie May BREHENY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 11/8/1949                          

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1916; shrapnel wound, back

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary