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William Alfred Hallahan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Hallahan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 542 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Ross, West Coast Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Corner of Hare And Parsons Streets, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    James P. Hallahan, Weston's Find, Carabbin, Western Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 542 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 August 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 23 AWMM
    Locomotive Employee Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    26 Jun 1916 {Age 26} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • AMW Roll of Honour (Father) "One of four brothers who were in the Gallipoli landing of whom two others were killed in France ... brother of Wendell James, Walter Rewi (M.C., M.M) and Robert Thornton" (Walter and William the pair killed in France) Public - Brian - Researcher - 8 July 2016 - AWM Roll of Honour : https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1636828/

Death

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  • Death
    26 June 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 26 AWMM
    Amiens, France Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 14), Fleurbaix, France AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM
      p. 144 AWMM

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