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James CANNY

Regimental number6024
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState and Catholic Schools, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRailway employee
AddressPost 0ffice, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Canny, Ballarat East Post 0ffice, Ballarat East, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 March 1917
Place of death or woundingdernancourt, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Winifred CANNY, 81 Clayton Street, Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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