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CANNONS, Edward Wilfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1007 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row D, Grave 2, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree All Saints Anglican Church Honour Board, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1007, 25th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 15 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1007, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1007, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Sydney | |
| 2 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to Trooper when taken on Strength with the 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1007, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1007 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-27 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edward Wilfred CANNONS was born in Moree in 1892
His parents were Isaac CANNONS & Wilhelmina (Minnie) GENTZ who married in Inverell, NSW in 1872
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac Cannons of Wood Street, Inverell, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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