James William BANNISTER

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BANNISTER, James William

Service Numbers:	194, 1060, 2983
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fleetwood, England, 20 January 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cottage Grove School Seathsea England
Occupation:	Kitchen Staff
Died:	Wounds, France, 8 January 1917, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Allonville Communal Cemetery A 41
Memorials:	Sydney Hospital Staff of Active Service Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 194
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 194, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 194, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1060, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1060, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2983, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2983, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of the late Sergeant Alfred Bannister, 2nd Worcestershire Regt. and Agnes Bannister of 25 Grosvenor Street Southsea, Portsmouth, England.

James enlsited in the 1st Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment in England in 1901, obtained his discharge in 1908 and went to Australia in 1911. He was employed on the kitchen staff of Sydney Hospital. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service and joined the 18th Batallion AIF and served with the Expedition in German New Guinea, and afterwards at Gallipoli, was invalided to Australia with Malarial Fever and was discharged as medically unfit for further service. On his recovery he again joined the army in his mother's maiden name, and after a period of training in England, served in France and Flanders from September 1916 but was sent back to England suffering with trench feet. He returned to France shortly afterwards and was killed in action 08 January 1917. He is buried in Allonville Civil Cemetery. His chaplain wrote: 'He was loved by all and knew no fear'.

Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

James William Bannister. 194. James William Bannister. 1060. and James William Muir. 2983. are the same man. He served on 3 seperate occasions and died of wounds on the 8th of January 1917.

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