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SCANNELL, Michael Robert
(Service number 47365)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	25/09/1896	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs H. SCANNELL (mother), Mawaro, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements E Company
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Michael & Hannah (nee CONWAY) SCANNELL. 1923 married Caroline SPEED. Michael returned to New Zealand aboard the "Chupra", one of 732 soldiers due at Lyttelton about July 22nd, 1919.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 July 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0102149) [23 April 2014]; Timaru Herald, 7 July 1919 (Papers Past) [01 September 2014]

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