1 Sergeant James Patrick Shannon (Stannon on the cemetery memorial), Queensland contingent. He volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He was severely wounded at Onverwacht on 4 Jan 1902. He died from his wounds on 9 Jan 1902. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Brisbane Boer War memorial in Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2756), on the Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk in Lissner Park, Dean Street, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/6255) and on a Boer War memorial in Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Wakkerstroom, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Cenotaph here
Surname recorded as Stannon on the cemetery memorial. Recorded as Shannon elsewhere.
Cenotaph here
Surname recorded as Stannon on the cemetery memorial. Recorded as Shannon elsewhere.
1 Sergeant James Patrick Shannon (Stannon on the cemetery memorial), Queensland contingent. He volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. He was severely wounded at Onverwacht on 4 Jan 1902. He died from his wounds on 9 Jan 1902. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Brisbane Boer War memorial in Anzac Square, Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/2756), on the Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk in Lissner Park, Dean Street, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/6255) and on a Boer War memorial in Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Wakkerstroom, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Cenotaph here
Surname recorded as Stannon on the cemetery memorial. Recorded as Shannon elsewhere.
Cenotaph here
Surname recorded as Stannon on the cemetery memorial. Recorded as Shannon elsewhere.
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