Vivian MANN

Vivian Mann Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Bundaberg
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Brick Maker
Enlisted
11-January-1917
Place
Toowoomba
Age
18
Status
Single
Service No
3092
Rank
Private
Unit
42nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
Embarked
07-February-1917
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
05-April-1918
Place
Dernancourt, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Querrieu British Cemetery, France
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial and Toowoomba Railway Honour Board.

 

Vivian Mann transferred to the 23rd Machine Gun Company in England and arrived in France with his new unit in September 1917. He was wounded in action on 5 April 1918 at Dernancourt and evacuated to the 11th Australian Field Ambulance where he died of his wounds the same day. He was about to turn 21.