SCANLON, Albert
| Service Number: | 2150 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ash Island, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hexham, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 23), Ypres, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2150, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2150, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 1st October 1917, Private Albert Scanlon, referred to as Bert, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2150), dairy farmer from "Glenlane", Ash Island, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Passchendaele Campaign at the Battle of Polygon Wood, age 22. Cause of death not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Ash Island, New South Wales on the 14th September 1895 to William James Lintott (died 30.11.1921, age 40, METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) A SW. 19) and Bridget Lintott nee Scanlon (married 1903?, died 14.7.1915, age 40, sleeping at CATHOLIC 1-B Spec. 102, of 6 Auckland Street, Newcastle, N.S.W.), Bert enlisted on the 29th March 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W. report of a farewell and presentation to Bert at Ash Island.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Wounded in action - 9.3.1917 (GSW right buttock or leg, mild).
Pte. ALBERT SCANLON, Ash Island, killed in action 1st October 1917 (previously reported wounded).
Bert’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium.
Place of Association – Ash Island, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Scanlon’s name has also been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour. Ash Island did not produce a Roll of Honour for the Public School or recruits who enlisted.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of Grandparents Daniel (died 16.1.1918, Waratah, N.S.W., age 82) and Catherine Scanlon (died 14.12.1914, Waratah, N.S.W., mother of 10, age 64) in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Bert for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-A Spec. 80.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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