BANNON, JOHN STANLEY, Gunner, No. 27163, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of James Percy Bannon, of Anna Cottage, Upper Clanbrassil Street, Dublin, Legal Accountant, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Nicholas Liston; b. Dublin, 18 Dec. 1893; educ. Christian Brothers’ School there; went to Australia in June, 1914, being employed at Muswellbrook, on a farm; enlisted 13 March, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917; was gassed at Ypres 31 Oct. of the same year, and invalided to England; on recovery in May, 1918, returned to his unit in France, and was killed in action at Villers Bretonneux 7 Aug. following. Buried in the Glisy Cemetery, near Amiens; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5