Memorial to 1 Sergeant James Patrick Shannon, 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 was buried in Ermelo Cemetery, Ermelo, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Actual burial here
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) and 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).
Actual burial here
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) and 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).
Memorial to 1 Sergeant James Patrick Shannon, 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 was buried in Ermelo Cemetery, Ermelo, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Actual burial here
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) and 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).
Actual burial here
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) and 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).
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