HANNAKER, John
| Service Number: | 5363 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Koo Wee Rup Hospital Memorial Wall, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5363, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5363, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lorraine McMahon
John Hannaker was the son of Edward and Margaret (nee Hunter) and was born St. Kilda, Victoria in 1871 (Vic BDM 26627/1871). He married Clara Usher in 1893 and became father to two sons, John Marchus and Norman Maxwell Hannaker.
A report of his death can be found amongst his enlistment papers and states –
I knew casualty, he was a slight built man, 5’11” in height, fair complexion, about forty years of age. Casualty was on the hopping off tape at Broodseinde Ridge where we were under the enemies barrage when they made an attack on us just before we were going forward and casualty was killed by a high explosive shell, death being instantaneous. I was alongside him at the time and saw him killed. Informant: Sgt H Gargurvich. (Source: National Archives of Australia, Series B2455, J Hannaker, Service No. 5363.)