TONNER, John
| Service Number: | 1405 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1915, Territorial Forces |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keady, Armagh, Ireland, February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Teralba, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | William Street, Teralba, N.S.W., 16 August 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-63. 9. |
| Memorials: | Teralba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1405, 20th Infantry Battalion, Territorial Forces | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1405, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1405, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 15 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1405, 20th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
82 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 18th August 1941, Private John Joseph Tonner, 20th Battalion (Reg No-1405), miner from Cumberland Street, Teralba, New South Wales and William Street, Teralba, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, aged about 60. CATHOLIC 2-63. 9.
Born at Keady, Armagh, Ireland about 1881 to Patrick and Agnes Tonner; husband of Elizabeth Agnes Tonner nee ? (married ?, died 6.10.1968, age 85, sleeping here), John enlisted on the 19th April 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A35 Berrima on the 26th June 1915.
Admitted to hospital 17.4.1916 (varicose veins).
John returned home on the 17th July 1916, being discharged medically unfit (varicose veins) on the 5th September 1916.
Mr. Tonner’s name has been inscribed on the Teralba Soldiers' Memorial.
Not officially commemorated.
Unfortunately, John’s grave plaque is now unreadable, and I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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