Cornelius John SCANLAN

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SCANLAN, Cornelius John

Service Number:	186
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Sydney
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Purrumbete South, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	State
Occupation:	Implement Fitter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 186, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 186, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 186, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 186, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 186 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Cornelius John SCANLAN was born in Camperdown, Victoria in 1890

His parents were Cornelius Keaton SCANLAN & Ellen Mary SMITH who married in Victoria in 1889 - his Father was from Limerick in Ireland and his Mother was from Koroit in Victoria

He had previously served for 4 years with the 20th Light Horse Regiment in Victoria before he enlisted in Sydney on 24th August, 1914 and embarked on the ship 'Star of Victoria] on 20th October, 1914 with the 1st Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron

He was listed as Missing in Action and then as Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 7th August, 1915 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Lone Pine Memorial

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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