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SCANNELL, Francis Arthur
(Service number 3/4276)

Francis Scannell — (Courtesy of The Cotter Medical History Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Captain	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Medical practitioner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs H. SCANNELL (mother), Mawaro, Timaru
Religion
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	41st Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	27 July 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Medical practitioner; ophthalmology qualification

Death

Date	7 June 1961	Age	78 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Michael & Hannah (nee CONWAY) SCANNELL. MB ChB. November 1915 & January 1917 doctor in Temuka. Returned to Temuka in September 1920.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [28 July 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0102151) [23 April 2014]; NZ BDM historical records (DiA) [21 August 2013]; The Community Archive [21 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 13 September 1920 (Papers Past) [17 September 2013]; Timaru Herald, 8 June 1961 (Timaru District Library) [05 September 2014]

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