Samuel BANNISTER

BANNISTER, Samuel

    Service Numbers: 2683, 1093
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ouse, Tasmania, Australia, 24 July 1890
    Home Town: Ouse, Central Highlands, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 July 1965, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
    Cemetery: Hobart War Cemetery Cornelian Bay, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Wall 8 Row D
    Memorials: Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2683, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2683, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
    1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 1093, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
    1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 1093, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''

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    Biography contributed by Terry Cook

    WW1 Service Australian Imperial Force Rank Private 1093 3683
    Unit 40th Infantry Battalion
    Age 74
    He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal for his overseas service which included Egypt, Mudros, France, Malta. He was wounded in action & gassed in France, eventually returning to Australia 23rd March 1918

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