SHANNON, Robert Swanton
| Service Number: | 3387 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1917, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarrawonga, Victoria, 6 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bendock, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Public servant |
| Died: | Accidental (car crash), Wangaratta, Victoria, 23 January 1958, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3387, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 3387, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 3387, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Shannon arrived in Canberra on 13 March 1913 - the day after the foundation ceremony - to work as a stores officer in the Department of Home Affairs and lived in a tent at the Bachelors' Quarters at Acton. He was a Clerk Class V in the Public Works Branch of the Department of Home Affairs, based in Canberra, when he enlisted in December 1917 in Melbourne. He served with the 37th Battalion in France from May 1918 until July when he fell dangerously ill with appendicitis.
Shannon was evacuated to England and returned to Australia where he was discharged on 17 March 1919. He married Lettie Kaye (a sister of Frank Kaye who also served in the war) at St. John's Church on 7 February 1923 where the best man was Les Willis, another returned soldier. The Shannons settled in Jardine Street, Kingston. Shannon joined the Superannuation Board in 1930 and became secretary to the board in 1950. He died in a car accident near Wangaratta on 23 January 1958 and is buried in Woden Cemetery. - Frederick Shannon