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Francdis Joseph GANNON

Regimental number166
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 4.5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinFather, M. Gannon, Mandurama PO, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 October 1914
Place of enlistmentRose Hill, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentT/
Unit name7th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 20 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 July 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Francis Joseph Gannon on NR
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 4), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 20 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915.

Admitted (gun shot wound, leg) to Hospital Ship 'Gascon', Gallipoli, 7 July 1915; Died of wounds, 'Gascon', 8 July 1915; buried at sea, 3 miles off Gaba Tepe by Rev. C. Wayne, 8 July 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA B2455 4026113

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