Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
The German offensive began on 21 March 1918, its full weight falling upon the extended British line near its junction with that of the French. This was far south of the sector held by the Australian Corps. Here men of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, which happened to be behind the sector attacked, wait near Le Sars, on the old Somme battlefield, for transport in which to move their equipment. Identified in the foreground, left to right: Driver J. Plummer (with cigarette in mouth); 553 Sapper David Archibald Fanner (foreground); Corporal S. Blight (behind Fanner). Australian War Memorial E01860.
Fanner D Sapper 553 David Archibald No 1 Mining Corps 23 Carpenter and Joiner Single S Army
Address: Maidstone, Burns St
Next of Kin: Fanner, Edith Victoria, Mrs, wife, Hart St, Euroa
Enlisted: 27 Jul 1915
Embarked: A38 Ulysses 20 Feb 1916
Fanner did his apprenticeship in Kensington
Relatives on Active Service:
Fanner-E-R-Pte-2314 brother
Fanner-G-W-Pte-2315 brother KIA
Fanner-S-J-Pte-50576 brother
Scanned from b/w photo . Back row left-right , David, George, Stephen & Harold. Front row Roberta, Fred (father & husband), Ernest, Jane (wife & mother) & Charlotte Fanner. Taken in Footscray in 1914. Courtesy of Anne Briggs and Judith Palmer.
War Service Commemorated
Kensington Salvation Army Corps