James Peter CANAVAN

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CANAVAN, James Peter

Service Number:	1629
Enlisted:	7 May 1915, Place of enlistment - Cloncurry, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	County Tyrone, Ireland, 1875
Home Town:	Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ulceration of Stomach, United Kingdom, 20 August 1917
Cemetery:	Fovant (St. George) Churchyard, Wiltshire - South West, England Plot II, Row A, Grave 1, Fovant (St George) Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

7 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1629, Place of enlistment - Cloncurry, Queensland
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1629, Embarked on HMAT 'A60' Aeneas from Brisbane on 29th June 1915.
4 Sep 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, Also embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on the same date to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Private Canavan returned to Alexandria on 9th January 1916 on HMT Hororata from Mudros, Greece.
14 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
19 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on 19th March 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 26th March 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force.
5 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1629, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 5th February 1917 - Private James Peter Canavan was admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, France with frequency micturition and a septic sore right ankle 7th February, 1917 - transferred & admitted to 1/1 South Midland Division Casualty Clearing Station with Renal Colic 9th February, 1917 - admitted to 5th General Hospital at Rouen, France 13th February, 1917 - transferred to Le Havre ready for transfer to England 14th February, 1917 - embarked for England on Hospital Ship Lanfranc from Le Havre 16th February, 1917 - admitted to V.A.D. Hospital Cheltenham 16th April, 1917 - admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital 7th May, 1917 - Private Canavan was discharged to furlough was to report to Perham Downs, Wiltshire on 22nd May, 1917, which he did and was medically classified as A3.
12 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, succumbing to Ulceration of the Stomach on 20th August 1917.
20 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 1629, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1629 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-08-20

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Burial Report regarding the Late 1629 Private Canavan

'Pte Canavan was seriously ill for one week, and appeared to know he was dying.

He served under me in France for over twelve months, and proved himself to be a good and brave soldier. I visited him several times in Hospital, and now that everything possible was done to make him comfortable and to save his life.

A.N. Sinclair
Captain
No. 4 Command Depot Fovant
30th August 1917'

The Officiating Clergyman was Father Hanning, 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott (RC)

Date of interment - 21st August 1917

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