John Thomas HANKS

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HANKS, John Thomas

Service Number:	445
Enlisted:	15 February 1916, An original member of B Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kewell, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Boggabri, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Boggabri Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	Toronto Avenue Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood Belgium Row B, Grave No. 15. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boggabri War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 445, 36th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 445, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 445, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

John Thomas Hanks was the son of Samuel and Agnes Hanks of Boggabri, New South Wales.

His younger brother was killed only four months later, also in Belgium, 3085 Pte. Cecil James Hanks 34th Battalion AIF, killed in action 12 October 1917, aged 20.

John was an original of the 36th Battalion and arrived in France with the 3rd Division during November 1916. He was killed during the 3rd Division’s first big attack on the Western Front, at Messines, Belgium.

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