CANNY, Denis Atkinson
| Service Number: | 7689 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lahadahn, County Mayo, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mundaring, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Managing clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Morcourt, France, 8 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Cemetery is at HARBONNIERES. INSCRIPTION SEMPER FIDELIS Grave I. J. 15. , Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe Life Saving & Athletic Club WW1 Honor Roll, Ireland Castlebar Mayo Peace Park Australian War Memorial, Mundaring War Memorial, West Perth Public Works Department of Western Australia Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7689, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7689, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Medic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
War service: Western Front
Embarked Sydney, 1 August 1917, with rank of Corporal (Voyage Only); transhipped to SS 'Orita', Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 September 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 3 October 1917; reverted to the ranks, and same day marched into 4th Training Bn, Codford.
Appointed Acting Corporal, 10 October 1917; reverted to the ranks, 1 November 1917.
Marched in to 13th Training Bn, Codford, 3 November 1917.
Appointed Acting Corporal, 16 January 1918.
On Command, Drill School, Jellalabad Barracks, Codford, 4 February 1918; rejoined 13th Training Bn from Drill School, 28 March 1918.
Proceeded overseas to France, 7 April 1918; taken on strength, 16th Bn, in the field, 16 April 1918.
Statement (undated) by Adjutant, 16th Bn: 'The only information points to Canny having been hit by a shell splinter in the vicinity of a fallen aeroplane situation behind the FMD line. Regarding burial, we are unable to obtain exact location, as all our Records were destroyed by shell-fire on the 16th August, when the Orderly room was blown up.'
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
16th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 41 and the son of Denis Joseph and Alice Canny; husband of Clara Rosamond Canny, of Mundaring, Western Australia.
Age on arrival in Australia-10
Previous military service
Served for 18 months in the Western Australian Militia, Australian Army Service Corps.
Enlistment date 4 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-4 August 1916.
Place of enlistment-Perth, Western Australia
Age at embarkation-40
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/33/6
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 1 August 1917
He is honoured on the Mayo Great War Memorial in Mayo Peace Park, Garden of Remembrance, Lannagh Road, Castlebar, County Mayo
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