HANNON, John Patrick
| Service Number: | 4096 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor's presser |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 15 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4096, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4096, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4096, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4096, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4096 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Patrick Hannon was reported missing after the 13th Battalion made an attack on the Fabeck Graben trenches near Mouquet Farm. Harry Murray VC was prominent in this action which cost the Battalion heavily.
He was one of the three sons of John and Maria Hannon of Enmore, Sydney, New South Wales who enlisted and fought in the Great War. The father, John Hannon was an ex-constable in the Police at Enmore.
John Patrick Hannon’s older brother 1952 Pte. William Thomas Hannon died of wounds almost twelve months later at Messines in Belgium. Another brother, Albert Edward Hannon returned to Australia during 1919.
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