Alan Berry TANNER

TANNER, Alan Berry

Service Number: 20
Enlisted: 19 November 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 27 April 1896
Home Town: Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: North Pine State School
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Brisbane, Qld., 16 April 1952, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials: North Pine State School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

19 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Brisbane, Qld.
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 20, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 20, 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Alan's parents were John Tanner and Matilda Eleanor Berry who farmed at Whiteside. Alan attended North Pine State School with his two brothers Leslie [1050] and Owen [3024] both of whom enlisted in the war. Alan enlisted 19 November 1915 at Brisbane. He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on 18 December 1918
The war had ended by this time. He married Violet Marguerita Chow 5 March 1921, they lived in Toowong and Alan's occupation was a clerk. All three brothers returned home.