HANNABRY, Edmund Ryan
| Service Number: | 5726 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Evansford, Victoria, Australia, March 1891 |
| Home Town: | North Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Evansford State School, Evansford, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 18 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Stratford-Sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Inscription reads: May His Soul Rest In Peace , St Lawrence Churchyard, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5726, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5726, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5726, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 18th January…… Edmund Ryan Hannabry was born at Evansford, Victoria in 1891. He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia in the Australian Imperial Force on 20th March, 1916 as a 24 year old, single, Traveller from Fitzroy, Victoria.
Private Edmund Ryan Hannabry embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 18th July, 1916 with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 16th Infantry Battalion, 18th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 9th September, 1916.
He was marched in to 4th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire, England on 10th September, 1916 from Overseas Reinforcements.
On 15th October, 1916 Private Hannabry was written up for an Offence while posted with 4th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire – Overstaying leave from Reveille on 9th October, 1916 reporting at 21.00 hrs on 13th October, 1916. He was awarded 14 days Confined to Camp.
He was sent sick to Group Hospital at Codford on 31st December, 1916 from 4th Training Battalion - Cardiac.
Private Edmund Ryan Hannabry died at 11.45 pm on 18th January, 1917 at Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
He was buried in St Lawrence’s Churchyard, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire, England where 25 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
Inscription reads: May His Soul Rest In Peace
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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