Charles Norman BANNISTER

BANNISTER, Charles Norman

    Service Number: 8049
    Enlisted: 10 May 1917, Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Manchester, England, 14 March 1899
    Home Town: Claremont, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bookbinder
    Died: 16 August 1971, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Lawn 5A In Sir T. Meagher Gdns-Garden Ll-0013
    Memorials: Western Australian Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    10 May 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8049, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Perth, WA
    23 Nov 1917: Involvement Private, 8049, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1917: Embarked Private, 8049, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), SS Canberra, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Charles and Fanny BANNISER of Gugore Street, Claremont, WA.  Enlisting in 1917 he left Australian on the 24th November and on arrival in France joined the 16th Battalion.  On the 4th July 1918 during an engagement at Hamel (Vaire Wood) he received a gunshot wound in his left thigh.  Private Bannister returned to Austrlaia on the 1st February 1919.

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