MCMANUS, Albert
| Service Number: | 1945 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1916, Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coolac, New South Wales, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Coolac, Gundagai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres IIII E 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 56th Infantry Battalion, Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 23 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1945, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1945, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 1945, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1945 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr John McManus, Coolac, New South Wales
The sad news of the death of Private Albert McManus, second son of Mr. A. McManus, of Coolac, was received on Monday afternoon by a wire, which simply stated that he was killed in action on the fifteenth of last February. Private McManus was a very popular young man in His 25th year and was one of the last who enlisted from Coolac.
A SOLDIER FALLS
A COOLAC HERO.
A cable was received on Tuesday by Mr. Alexander McManus, of Coolac, from the Minister for Defence announcing the sad news that his son, Private Albert McManus, had fallen fighting; in the trenches in France. The young hero was a Coolac native, 24 years of age— a happy youngster, typical of what is best in the Australians. He went away to fight the good fight last year— at
Easter time he was home at Coolac on final leave. He had been in the trenches in France since last November. Mr McManus has another son, Billy, fighling in the desert in Egypt— younger than the brave lad who gave his life in France for the defence of the mothers and daughters of Australia, as well us those of France and other countries. Mr and Mrs McManus have ihe sympathy of everybody in tho irreparable loss of their gallant son.
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