Rank: Driver
Regimental Number: 2155
Place of Birth: Port Adelaide, South Australia
Address: Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mrs A Pennington, Como, South Perth,
Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 17 August 1914
Unit Name: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Date of Death: 10 July 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Year of Photo: 1914
Research Links:
- Service Record (National Archives of Australia)
- Australian War Memorial Listing
- Australian Imperial Force Database
- State Library of Western Australia Catalogue
Biography:
Driver Pennington was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 10 July 1915 while serving in the Ammunition Column 3rd Field Artillery Brigade and died of his wounds on board the HMTS Gascon the same day. Driver Pennington was buried at sea by Chaplain C H Mayne "3 miles from Gaba Tepe" in the evening of 10 July 1915 and his name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial