Regimental number | 3258 |
Place of birth | Norseman, Western Australia |
School | Nil |
Other training | Nil |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 128 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Alfred Fanning, on Active Service, No 3254, 8/46th Battalion |
Previous military service | AIF (10 days; discharged due to being medically unfit) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 46th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/63/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 46th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of broncho-pneumonia. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 21.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | St. ever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot II, Row II, Grave No. 2), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 141 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry Alfred and Elizabeth FANNING, Balbarrup Western Australia |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Fremantle, 29 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 4 March 1917, and marched into 12th Training Bn, Codford, the same day. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 May 1917; marched into 4th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 30 May 1917. Proceeded to unit, 20 June 1917; taken on strength of 46th Bn, in the field, 21 June 1917. Admitted to No 50 Casualty Clearing Station, 20 July 1917 (scabies); discharged, 27 July 1917. On leave to England, 22 February 1918. Found guilty, London, 11 March 1918, of being absent without leave from 0730 hours, 9 March 1918, until 1945 hours, 10 March 1918: award, forfeits 6 days' pay, and total forfeiture of 8 days' pay. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 12 March 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 13 April 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 33 days; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 15 April 1918. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 9 May 1918 (urethritis); discharged, 15 May 1918, and marched into No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, the same day. Marched into Overseas Training Depot, Longbridge Deverill, 28 May 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 19 June 1918. Admitted to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 19 June 1918 (orchitis); transferred to No 7 General Hospital, Wimereux, 21 June 1918 (gonorrhoea); to No 39 General Hospital, Le Havre, 2 July 1918; discharged, 5 July 1918, and marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, the same day. Proceeded to unit, 16 July 1918; rejoined 46th Bn, 20 July 1918. Wounded in action, 26 August 1918, and admitted to No 12 Australian Field Ambulance the same day (gassed); transferred to No 48 Casualty Clearing Station, 27 August 1918; to No 41 Stationary Hospital, 1 September 1918; to No 16 Ambulance Train, 8 September 1918; to No 10 General Hospital, Rouen, 9 September 1918; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, Rouen, 13 September 1918; to No 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchey, 14 September 1918. Admitted to No 3 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 16 October 1918 (influenza). Died, No 3 Stationary Hospital, 24 October 1918 (pneumonia). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FANNING Henry |