His Parents were Bernard James Sweeney and Elizabeth Knott. He Married Amy Matilda Keziah Ion in Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia on the 26 Oct 1904 they had one Daughter Doris Annie Lucy Sweeney born in 1905.
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Private John Joseph Sweeney, 1st Bn. Otago Regiment (N. Z. E. F), executed for desertion 2nd October 1916, aged 37. Plot II. B. 1. He enlisted in Oct 1914 & probably served at Gallipoli. Once on the Western Front he deserted after about a week, being arrested 5 weeks later
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Private John Joseph Sweeney, 1st Bn. Otago Regiment (N. Z. E. F), executed for desertion 2nd October 1916, aged 37. Plot II. B. 1. He enlisted in Oct 1914 & probably served at Gallipoli. Once on the Western Front he deserted after about a week, being arrested 5 weeks later
His Parents were Bernard James Sweeney and Elizabeth Knott. He Married Amy Matilda Keziah Ion in Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia on the 26 Oct 1904 they had one Daughter Doris Annie Lucy Sweeney born in 1905.
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Private John Joseph Sweeney, 1st Bn. Otago Regiment (N. Z. E. F), executed for desertion 2nd October 1916, aged 37. Plot II. B. 1. He enlisted in Oct 1914 & probably served at Gallipoli. Once on the Western Front he deserted after about a week, being arrested 5 weeks later
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Private John Joseph Sweeney, 1st Bn. Otago Regiment (N. Z. E. F), executed for desertion 2nd October 1916, aged 37. Plot II. B. 1. He enlisted in Oct 1914 & probably served at Gallipoli. Once on the Western Front he deserted after about a week, being arrested 5 weeks later
Inscription
Service No. WWI 8/1384 | Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Gravesite Details
Private, Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Age: 37.
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