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Charles BANNON

Regimental number3456
Place of birthTerang, Victoria
SchoolTerang State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6.25"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ivy Bannon, Essendon PO, Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Date of death19 July 1916
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, (Plot II, Row A, Grave 1), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial		169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Patrick John and Sarah Ann Bannon, husband of Ivy B. Bannon, 12th Street, Mildura, Victoria. Native of Terang, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: killed in action.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 22 March 1916; transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 25 March 1916 (tonsilitis); discharged to duty, 29 March 1916; rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 8 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Buried, Rue du Bois Cemetery, 20 July 1916, by Rev. F.P. WILLIAMS, attached to 58th Bn.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BANNON Charles

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