HANNAFORDE, John Charles
| Service Number: | 2167 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brinkworth, South Australia, 13 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood School and Gilles Street Primary School Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Cordial Manufacturer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Sheffield Royal Infirmary, England, United Kingdom, 27 October 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery, England |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2167, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2167, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Charles HANNAFORDE was born on 13th April, 1894 at Brinkworth, South Australia
His parents were Thomas HANNAFORDE & Louisa COOKSON
Biography
"THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL J. C. HANNAFORD.
The news of the death of Lance-Corporal J. C. Hannaford, who died of wounds received in action has been received by his brother, Mr. T. Hannaford, of Flora-street, St. Peters. Lance-Corporal Hannaford, who enlisted early in 1915, left this State at the end of June last year. On arrival in Egypt he was sent on to Gallipoli, and took part in the fighting there until the evacuation of the Peninsula. After a brief spell he went to France, and was in the firing line until he was severely wounded in the spine on August 20. He was removed to the Sheffield Royal Infirmary on August 28, but no hope was held out of his recovery. As a result of the wounds he became paralysed in the lower part of his body, and died on October 27. Lance-Corporal Hannaford, who was 22 years of age on April 13, had been a member of the Norwood Church of Christ Bible School since his boyhood. He was also prominently connected with the athletic section of church activity, being a member of the football and basket ball teams. He was the third member of the church to lose his life." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 11 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Cemetery details: Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 27th October…… John Charles Hannaforde was born at Brinkworth, South Australia on 13th April, 1894.
His mother Louisa Hannaforde died on 16th October, 1895 at Port Wakefield, South Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd March, 1915 as a 20 year old, single, Cordial Manufacturer from 22 Flora Street, St. Peters, South Australia.
[Note: Some of the forms in the Service record file & the Embarkation Roll have the surname listed as Hannaford; others have it listed as Hannaforde.]
Private John Charles Hannaford (surname as listed on Embarkation Roll), Service number 2167, embarked from Adelaide, South Australia on HMAT Borda (A30) on 23rd June, 1915 with the 10th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements.
On 31st July, 1915 Private Hannaforde embarked for the Dardanelles from Alexandria on H.M.T. Berrima. The ship sailed on 1st August, 1915. He was taken on strength of 10th Battalion from Reinforcements at Gallipoli on 4th August, 1915.
He was given 3 days No. 2 Field Punishment on 3rd September, 1915 for disobedience of Battalion Orders – having his rifle loaded whilst out of firing line.
Private John Charles Hannaforde disembarked at Alexandria on 29th December, 1915 from Seang Bee (after the evacuation of Gallipoli).
On 27th March, 1916 Private Hannaforde proceeded to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on Saxonia. He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 3rd April, 1916.
He was appointed Lance Corporal on 31st July, 1916 while posted in France.
Lance Corporal John Charles Hannaforde was wounded in action in France on 23rd August, 1916. He was transferred & admitted to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, France on 24th August, 1916 with GSW (gunshot wound/s) to back. Lance Corporal Hannaforde was transferred to Calais & from there embarked for England on 27th August, 1916 on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen.
On 28th August, 1916 Lance Corporal Hannaforde was admitted to 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England with GSW (gunshot wound/s) to back – slight.
A Medical Report was completed on Lance Corporal John Charles Hannaforde on 28th August, 1916 at 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England stating his “disease” as “GSW of back. Fractured Spine.” A summary of his injuries was listed - He had been wounded near Pozieres on 21st August, 1916 by a rifle bullet that hit him in the back of left side. He had been admitted to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples. He had not been operated upon. Immediately on being hit he fell to the ground, was quite unable to move (?) & has been unable to move his legs ever since. A deep septic wound over region of 5th 6th & 7th Dorsal vertebrae. He had lost absolute & complete reflexes below this level including loss of incontinence of urine & faecal functions. He had arrived at 3rd N.G. H. with several superficial bedsores of back & a burn on right thigh due probably to hot water bottles.
He was recorded in a Medical Report on 24th October, 1916 as being very ill. On the 26th October, 1916 his condition was reported as extremely grave. Lance Corporal Hannaforde was reported to be sinking rapidly on 27th October, 1916.
Lance Corporal John Charles Hannaforde died at 9.45 pm on 27th October, 1916 at Royal Infirmary, 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wound to back, fractured spine, Pyelo Nephritis.
He was buried on 31st October, 1918 in Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Due to the number of deaths and lack of available space in some cemeteries, numerous burials took place in what are known as common or mass graves. Lance Corporal Hannaforde was buried in a one of these common or mass graves. Behind the Cross of Sacrifice in plot JJ is a Screen Wall commemorating those First World War casualties whose graves could not be marked by headstones, most of them buried in the plot of ground immediately in front of it. A Granite Memorial Cross was erected by the Royal British Legion at the common grave site where Lance Corporal Hannaforde was buried – Memorial F9. “C” 5. The names of those buried in this plot were engraved on the Granite Memorial Cross however, the names on the Granite Memorial Cross are not included on the CWGC Screen Wall. Lance Corporal John Charles Hannaforde’s death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(Note: in many Service Record files that I have seen the A.I.F. regularly advised that soldiers were to be buried in separate graves)
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/burngreave.html
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