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CANNON, Thomas Burwood
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6285 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Burwood, NSW, 15 February 1883 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newtown Public School |
| Occupation: | Coach Painter |
| Died: | 5 December 1955, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales AA Rose Gdn 22, 0193 |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6285, 1st Field Company Engineers, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 21 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6285, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6285, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of the late Thomas and Mary CANNON, Newtown, NSW
Husband of Florence Adeline Maud CANNON, 4 Rafer Street, Newtown, NSW
Thomas served in Egypt and France - Bullecourt, Hill 60 - he contracted illness and returned to duty 17 July 1918 and served until the sigining of Armistice.
On 24th March 1947 he retired from the Colonial Treasurer's Department as a Montype Caster Attendant at the Government Printing Office.
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