Joseph Louis CONANAN
Date of Birth: 1926
Place of Birth: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 1 September 1944, Queensland, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Sapper
Unit(s): 12 Small Ships Company, Royal Australian Engineers
Service Number: QX61563
Died: 1 March 1946
Age: 19 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot B – Row A – Grave 15
Joseph was born 21 July 1926, his parents were Elias Joseph Da Souza and Lorenza Agnes (Caesar) Conanan. He was one of eleven children.
His father was a returned soldier from WWI who died 1945. His eldest sister Priscilla Silva (nee Conanan) joined the Army in 1943 and on discharge was posted at the District Accounts Office, Queensland.
Sapper Joseph Conanan died of illness.
Joseph Louis Conanan’s name is on the Roll of Honour, Darwin, and also located at panel 85 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (CONANAN Joseph Louis), National Archives of Australia
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
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