Claude Cyril John MCCANN MC

Badge Number: 14348, Sub Branch: Mt Pleasant
14348

MCCANN, Claude Cyril John

Service Number: 648
Enlisted: 10 February 1915, Keswick Barracks, Keswick West Torrens, South Australia
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 12 January 1894
Home Town: Glandore, Marion, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cabinet Maker
Memorials: Peterhead Glanville School Roll of Honor
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Biography

Claude Cyril (known as Cyril) John McCann was one of three McCann brothers who enlisted in the Great War.  The sons of John Francis and Eliza McCANN, Military Road, Largs, South Australia, although at the time of their enlistment Francis and Eliza were resident at Pelham Street Glanville.

Cyril was a cabinet maker on enlistment and he was living and working in the Port Adelaide area.

He was enlisted into the 27th Battalion on the 10th February 1915, with the rank of Corporal.  He embarked with the Battalion on board the HMAT Geelong from Outer Harbour Port Adelaide on 31 May 1915.

The Battalion landed at Gallipoli on 12 September 1915.

 

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Medals:  Military Cross, 1914/15 Star, British War medal, Victory Medal

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