HANNAY, Peter
| Service Number: | 2314 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1885 |
| Home Town: | Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dollar Academy, Scotland, 1891 -1902 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Albert, France, 21 August 1916, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 18 INSCRIPTION PER ARDUA AS ALTA , Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tenterfield & District Fallen Soldiers Roll of Honor Infantry, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2314, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2314, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement Driver, 2314, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2314 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-08-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Peter was the aecond and twin son of Peter and Elizabeth Turner Hannay, of Willowbank, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia.
His home address at the time of his schooling at Dollar Academy was Southville, Academy Street, Dollar. He left in 1902, returning to Australia to work in farming in Queensland.
Enlistment date-1 September 1914
Rank on enlistment from Nominal Roll-Driver
Field Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number-13/31/1
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914.
Age at embarkation-29
He saw service in Gallipoli, in Egypt and in France.
Two brothers served with Australian forces
1085 Pte Ralph Maxwell HANNAY, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 July 1915
5605 Pte John Henry Fitzpatrick HANNAY, 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 27 August 1917
Two brothers served with British forces and survived the Great War
Charles HANNAY, Labour Force,
Keith HANNAY, Navy.
Commemorated on the Dollar Academy War Memorial.
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