MANNS, Samuel Charles Godfrey
| Service Number: | 754 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Shuttleton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith Striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 May 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 754, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 754, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 754, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 754, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 754, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George and Catherine Manns of Shuttleton, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Samuel Charles Godfrey Manns (754) was born on 25th September 1891 at Mt. Hope, near Broken Hill. He started work for the NSW Railways as a porter in Sydney on 29th January 1914 but resigned six weeks later. In April 1914 he was back at work as a temporary blacksmiths’ striker in the Signalling Branch at 8 shillings and sixpence per day. On 12th July he was still at work and his pay was increased to nine shillings per day, but he was still temporary.
He enlisted on 7th September1914.
He was just less than 23-years-old when he enlisted and was unmarried, giving his mother Catherine as his next of kin. He left Australia through Melbourne on 22nd December 1914, aboard HMAT ‘Ulysses’, allotted to the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 4th May 1915. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memoral Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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