Joseph MCCANN

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Service Number:	3289
Enlisted:	2 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 31 July 1888
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, Bon Fremier Gully, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Norwood War Memorial

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3289, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3289, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, Tel El Kebir
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3289, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, KIA :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3289 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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Son of Alexander McCANN and Ann Jane McCANN (birth name McCANN)

Brother of fellow soldiers;

Private Thomas McCANN 48th Battalion, Died of Wounds 13th February 1917

Corporal James Patrick McCANN, 27th Battalion 1891-1929

Husband of Ivy Leonore Alston DELO

Father of Mary Irene and Joseph Sydney