William Stannard CANN MID

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Service Number:	19962
Enlisted:	3 November 1915, Blackboy Hill
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Chelsea, England, 16 October 1894
Home Town:	Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Swan View, Western Australia, Australia, 24 June 1973, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican-Lawn 5-0428
Memorials:	Pingelly Marwonga Honour Roll

3 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19962, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Blackboy Hill
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 19962, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 19962, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
17 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
28 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19962, 3rd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, GSW right hip
25 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
21 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd (Divisional) Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
20 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
31 Dec 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
5 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19962, 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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