John Ritchie FANNING

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FANNING, John Ritchie

Service Number:	1672
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia , 1893
Home Town:	Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1672, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1672, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1672, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Henry and Helen Ritchie Fanning, of Sunnyside, Bairnsdale, Victoria

It is not often that all the male members of a family have the honor of fighting for their King and country, but the Fanning family can c!aim the privilege. The father (Mr J.H. Fanning) was on the veldt at South Africa during the Boer war with the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, and has a medal for services rendered. The eldest son, Roy Fanning, is a wireless operator on one of the ships of the Austral!ian fleet at the war. The next son, John R. Fanning, joined the 23rd reinforcements at the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, and got to the firing, line, but an urgent telegram was received on the 26th ult. from Colonel Hawker, Victoria Barracks, stating that Private R. Fanning was amongst the missing, and up to the present time no further communication has been received as to his where abouts. Last week Mr Fanning got a letter from his youngest son (Dudley H. Fanning) stating that he had joined the 6th Imperial Brigade and was writing at sea, on his way to the front, but did not know his destination. Private J. R. Fanning, the soldier missing, is 21 years of age, and formerly lived at East Bairnsdale, where he was in the employ of Mr. Reg. Greene.

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