Francis Arnold CANNING

CANNING, Francis Arnold

    Service Number: 963
    Enlisted: 17 November 1914, Creswick, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria
    Schooling: Creswick State School no. 122, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Groom
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 41,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour, Creswick War Memorial, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, Creswick, Vic.
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    19 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, BW to right hand sustained at Courtney's Post during the Turkish May offensive. Evacuated to Egypt. Rejoined unit ~5 August 1915.
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 963, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Hill 971

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