McSWEENEY  D.J.

Given Names:  Daniel James

               

Service Number:  5139

Unit:  7th Battalion, 16th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  21 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Driver                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  34-37½ In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Ruddy

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SISTER  Miss Annie McSweeney

36 Henrietta Street, Glenferrie, Victoria                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  1/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Suffolk A23

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Lyttleton                                   

Embarked:  10/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  5/8/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  27/9/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  38469

Victory Medal:  38062

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Bendigo/Prahran, Victoria             

Father:  William McSWEENEY                 

Mother:  Sarah CAHILL

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered Trench Fever, Dec 1916

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Subsequently moved to 57 Gladstone Street, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary