SCANLAN, Michael Connor
| Service Number: | 519 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Millmerran, Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Yarranlea Provisional School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 519, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 519, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 519, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 519 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Michael and Patrick Scanlan were brothers from the town of Pittsworth in the Darling Downs farming area of Queensland. Michael enlisted with the 47th Battalion and joined the unit in France during late 1916. He was promoted to Corporal during February 1917 before he was killed in action at the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. Hand written entry in his service records suggests he was buried 750 yards east of Messines. He was 37 years of age and his name is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. His brother Patrick was serving with a different Queensland unit, the 42nd Battalion, and was killed during the same battle only three days later.
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