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Cenotaph record

Christopher Michael Hennessy

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel H_016. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel H_016. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christopher Michael AWMM
  • Surname
    Hennessy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    22804 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Empire Boarding House, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L. Hennessy (mother), Buchanan Street, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    22804 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Christopher Hennessy was the son of William Hennessy and of Lillian Hennessy (nee Brown), of Opotiki, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16. F. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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