Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Maryborough (Qld.),
Place of enlistment
Keswick (S.A.),
Date of enlistment
1915-04-21,
Age
29,
Occupation
Stockman,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
3rd Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement,
Rank
Trooper,
Service number
1262,
Next of kin
Mary Heffernan - Mother ; Princess Street, Junee (N.S.W.),
Date of death
1969-11-01,
Place of death
Alice Springs,
Place of burial
Ti Tree,
Memorial
Alice Springs & District Roll of Honour,
Biographical notes
Certificate of Education, St Joseph’s College, Sydney. Ashes are interned with his wife, Frieda, in a monument at Ti Tree.,
History
Embarked Adelaide per H.M.A.T. 'Star of England' 21 September 1915. Embarked Suez per 'Lancashire' 19 February 1919. Disembarked Adelaide 26 March 1919 Ex 'Lancashire'. Address: Grand Coffee Place, Adelaide. TPE Discharged 18 May 1919.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6448,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/first_world_war/subclass.asp?levelID=1469,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10603414,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1558063/,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3307423,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=5310076,
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=23580,
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/handle/10070/220392/D_1990_05_10.pdf?sequence=1,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067100/RCDIG1067100--401-.JPG,
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6448 [NT Place Names Register : Heffernan Road ],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5981629 [Northern Territory dictionary of biography compiled by David Carment. Casuarina, N.T. : NTU Press, 1990.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/first_world_war/subclass.asp?levelID=1469 [Unit War Diary],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10603414 [Sunset of an era : the Heffernan's of Ti-Tree, a true account of station life in the outback based on taperecorded interviews, letters and newspaper reports with P.A. Scherer. Tanunda, (S.A.) 1993.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1558063/ [Nominal Roll],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3307423 ["Brands for the quarter ending March 31st, 1921 - Government Notice 67-21" Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 23 April 1921: p. 4],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=5310076 [Service Record],
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=23580 [N.T. Place Names Register : Heffernan Crescent],
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/bitstream/handle/10070/220392/D_1990_05_10.pdf?sequence=1 [Mr Vale. (Youth, Sport and Recreation) Debates 10 May 1990 p. 9687-9688. Mentions Central Australian World War 1 Veterans, “Mr W. Heffernan, the man that was associated with a property near you; Mr Deputy Speaker, at Ti Tree”],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067100/RCDIG1067100--401-.JPG [Embarkation Roll],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3370897? ["Territory Soldiers", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 14 January 1922],