Alexander GANNAWAY

GANNAWAY, Alexander

    Service Number: 526
    Enlisted: 30 September 1914, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Preston, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1890
    Home Town: Wagin, Wagin, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Wounds - chest and shoulder, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 25 August 1915, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
    Row K, Grave 41 Headstone inscription reads: A willing sacrifice , Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Wagin & District Honour Roll, Wagin Roll of Honor, Wagin War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 526, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
    8 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 526, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
    8 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 526, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
    7 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 526, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe shell wound to the chest and shoulder
    25 Aug 1915: Involvement Trooper, 526, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 526 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-25

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    Biography contributed by Jacquie Liddiard

     Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
     
    Name:   Alexander Gannaway
    Birth Date:   Abt 1890
    Birth Place:   Preston, Victoria
    Registration Year:   1890
    Registration Place:   Victoria, Australia
    Father:   Geo Gannaway
    Mother:   Eliza Jane James
    Registration Number:   16400

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George and Eliza Jane Gannaway of Wagin, WA. Brother of  John Gannaway,  Henry Gannaway who returned to Australia on 1 June 1919 having served with the 1st Field Ambulance and Benjamin Joseph Gannaway who died of illness on 5 November 1918 havind served with the 11th Battalin

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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