ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

COONAN, William Michael

Full Name: William Michael

COONAN

Date of Birth: 03

–

1888

Place of birth: Dardanup

Australia

Occupation: Mill Hand

Address: Dardanup WA

Next of Kin: Mother-Ellen Shipworth

Next of Kin Address: Dardanup WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 673

Rank: Trooper

Unit/Division: 10th Light Horse Regiment

Enlistment Date: 1914-11-11

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-02-17

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-03-13

Locations Served:

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gallipoli

Age at Death: 27

Burial Location: Inscription Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey

11/11/1914- Completed Application for Enlistment & Medical Examination Bunbury WA before allotment to 10th Light Horse Regiment Claremont WA &  To Light Horse No.2 Squadron Blackboy Hill Camp WA
17/02/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard “Surada” bound for Egypt
13/03/1915- Disembarked Alexandria to Overseas Training Base
1/08/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
5/08/1915- Taken on Strength 10th Light Horse Regiment Gallipoli
29/08/1915-Missing believed KILLED IN ACTION Anzac Gallipoli (Board of Enquiry Finding-1/09/1915 )
17/12/1916-An additional Board of Enquiry Declared Coonan KILLED IN ACTION Anzac Gallipoli on 29/08/1915.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star Medal No. 25367

British War Medal No. 60092

Victory Medal No. 58889

Memorial Plaque/Scroll No. 320089.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Dardanup War Memorial WA

Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT Panel No. 7

Lone Pine War Memorial Gallipoli Turkey  Panel No. 10.

 

***** There is a Memorial Grave Inscription in the Pioneer Roman Catholic Cemetery at Dardanup, W.A for this soldier *****.

BROTHERS’ SERVICE DETAILS

COONAN, Trooper Marcus John – 672 – 10th Light Horse Regiment – Enlisted – 11/11/1914, Discharged – 4/08/1919

COONAN, Sergeant  Michael Joseph – 674 – 10th Light Horse Regiment – Enlisted – 11/11/1914 – Discharged – 29/11/1919

COONAN, Private Joseph Thomas – 28th Battalion – Enlisted – 22/06/1916 – Killed in Action – 4/10/1917 (Aged 35 years), Belgium.