CANNON, William George Joseph
| Service Number: | NX4152 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Field Regiment |
| Born: | Ashfield, NSW, 3 March 1919 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Home Tutored, Boarding School Sydney |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo |
| Memorials: | Hay Water Tower Art Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Signaller, NX4152, 2nd/1st Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Cannon was born on the 3rd March 1919 and grew up in Booligal. He was the only child of William Patrick Cannon, a returned Light Horseman who served in Palestine during the Great War. George’s mother was Isabelle Melrose from Hay and lived on local properties Gre Gre and Eli Elwah as a child.
George’s early education was by home tutoring at Booligal before leaving for boarding school in Sydney from 1929 – 1936. After leaving school he jackerooed in the Jerilderie district of NSW. After some years there he travelled north to Queensland shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
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