Reginald Ramsey CANNELL

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CANNELL, Reginald Ramsey

Service Number:	1
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Edenburgh, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1888
Home Town:	Needilup, Jerramungup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Public School, Port Alfred, Cape Colony, South Africa; School of Mines
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Quinns Post, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 50, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
1 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 1, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 1, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 1, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-09

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Son of Clifford Ramsey Cannell and Molly Cannell of South Africa. Next of kin given as his uncle Cameron C. Cannell of Needleup, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, issued to his brother A. Cannell of Rhodesia, South Africa

Also served in the Volunteer Cycle Corps of the South African Defence Force, Johanesburg

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