Percival John HANNEYSEE

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HANNEYSEE, Percival John

Service Number:	7072
Enlisted:	9 October 1917, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia , 24 November 1899
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Crucifix Corner Cemetery Section V11. Row D. Grave No 2., Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Boys' State School, Cairns Cenotaph, Gordonvale War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7072, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 7072, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 7072, 25th Infantry Battalion, SS Canberra, Sydney

Percival John Hanneysee

Percival John Hanneysee was born 24 November 1899 to William John Hanneysee and Isabella Frances Byrne and one of five children. Clement Leslie born 1901, Bluebell 1906, Melba Victoria 1902 and William Thomas born in 1898 and died 1898. William Thomas was buried in the McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery.

Percival’s father, William John, was a licensed victualler and from 1903 to 1912 the family lived on the corner of Spence and Bunda Streets Cairns. From here they moved to Dutton Street.

In 1901 Percival’s mother was a victim of the bubonic plague and survived.

Percival John’s father died in 1932 and his mother Isabella in 1945.

At the time of his enlistment in Cairns there were conflicting ages given. On the Attestation Paper he gave his age as 24 and year of birth as 1893, but on the ‘Description’ page his age is 18 years 10 months. His occupation was a Labourer and his next of kin was his father William John Hanneysee, Cairns. His height was 5 feet 9 inches, weight 140 pounds with a fair complexion, grey eyes and dark brown hair. His religion was Roman Catholic.

Percival John also stated that he had been 5 years in the Cadet Corp and 8 months in the Citizens Forces.

On the 10 October 1917 he organized that four shillings per day be deducted from his pay and paid to his mother Isabella Frances Hanneysee of Dutton Street Cairns.

Percival John Hanneysee was killed in action on the 4 July 1918 and was buried in the Crucifix Corner British Cemetery, one mile south east of Villers Brettoneux.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.

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