Private

John Joseph Sweeney

Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
8/1384
Name:
John Joseph Sweeney
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
08 August 1879
Place of Birth: 
Sprent, Tasmania, Australia
Next of Kin: 
B. Sweeney (father), Lietenna, Scottsdale Line, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Pirinoa, Featherston, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Labourer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Executed
Date of Death:
02 October 1916
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
37
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (28 January 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. B. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
France
John Joseph Sweeney
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