Participant Info

Surname

Sweeney

First Name

John

Initial

L

Service Number

303

Rank

gunner

Unit Served

30th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

May 21

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 9

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 147, image page 144

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Florence Adams

Parental Address

Middle Harbour

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Darlinghurst, November 7, 1896, educated Balgowlah and Mosman Public Schools, enlisted May 1915, embarked November 9, 1915. War service: Egypt, France (gassed April, 1918), recovered and returned to Australia. (His brother, Leslie, also enlisted