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McSweeney, Charles Francis (5723)

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Place of Birth: Prahran, VIC

Age: 20 years 9 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 27 March 1916 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 5723 view online service record

Address:
313 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Edith May McSweeney (wife)
313 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 3 July 1916
Ship: HMAT Ayrshire A33
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion – 18th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Monday, 31 March 1919
Discharged: Sunday, 6 July 1919

C F McSweeney of 313 Nott Street is among the nine men listed in the Standard Newspaper who had enlisted during the last week of March 1916.

1916 ‘RECRUITING IN PORT.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 1 April, p. 2. , viewed 10 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166196

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