William Thomas HANNON

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HANNON, William Thomas

Service Number:	1952
Enlisted:	19 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 12 June 1917
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 39.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

19 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1952, 13th Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1952, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1952, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

William Thomas Hannon enlisted with the 13th Battalion and fought at Gallipoli from July 1915 until the evacuation.

William was one of the three sons of John and Maria Hannon of Enmore, Sydney, New South Wales who enlisted and fought in the Great War. The father, John Hannon was an ex-constable in the Police at Enmore. His younger brother, 4096 Pte. John Patrick Hannon was killed in action with the 13th Battalion near Mouquet Farm during August 1916, aged 22.

William transferred from the 13th Battalion to the 4th Pioneer Battalion before he went to the Western Front. Several men in his Red Cross wounded and missing file stated he was a stretcher bearer with the unit, “one of the best stretcher bearers we knew of and universally liked” and “he was the best stretcher bearer in the Company and in charge of the other stretcher bearers.”

He was doing his job when he was struck by shell shrapnel on 11 June 1917 at Messines. He was admitted to the No.2 Casualty Clearing Station with penetrating head wounds and passed away the next day.

Another brother, Albert Edward Hannon returned to Australia during 1919.

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