Cornelius Bede Hennessy - Coonabarabran, NSW - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

His headstone is between the graves of his father & mother. His actual remains are in Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Very few if any soldiers killed in the World Wars were returned to Australia.

The Australian War Memorial has the following information about the Aitape-Wewak Campaign:

The Australian portion of the Aitape-Wewak campaign took place in northern New Guinea between November 1944 and August 1945. Aitape had been occupied by the Japanese in 1942. Recaptured by an American landing on 22 April 1944, it was developed as a base area to support the continuing drive towards the Philippines. In order to free American troops for the Philippine operations, defence of the area was passed to Australian forces. Troops of the 3rd Base Sub Area and the 6th Division began progressively relieving the Americans from early October 1944.

Although their primary role was the defence of the base facilities at Aitape, Australian commanders opted to advance to the east of Aitape, towards Wewak, to destroy the remnants of the Japanese 18th Army.

The Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial, Cornelius Bede Hennessy: (visit link)

Type of Death Listed: Killed by something Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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