Dennis Michael BANNAN [102]

   Another name for Dennis was Denis Michael BANNAN.

  General Notes:

Dennis and Mary lost 3 sons in World War 1, 2 in France on the Somme in 1916 and one in Syria in 1918. They lost two grandsons in New Guinea in 1943 during World War 2.

In the 1912 electoral roll, Dennis Bannan was living at Fitzroy Street Kerang with his wife Mary and his mother, also Mary (Redmond). He died at Garfield, Victoria in 1947. He was living at the Iona Hotel, Garfield at the time of his death.

The Late David Eyre Simcocks (1937 - 24.9.2006 late of Garfield) remembers, as a child, going to the Garfield Hotel to get some alcohol for his mother to make her Christmas puddings and seeing deceased Dennis Bannan laid out in one of the rooms at the hotel. He turned around and ran out of the Hotel and went back home, without the alcohol. He recounted this story to me during a discussion in about 2000.

The Argus Melbourne Saturday 6 December 1947 page 38
DEATHS
BANNAN.-On December 5. loving father of Kathleen and Michael (Mr. and Mrs. Keogh), fond grandpa of Maureen, Kathleen, Michael John, and Della.

BANNAN.-On December 5, Dennis loving father of Vincent and Gladys, fond grand- pa of Ronald. Leonard. Stanley, and Dennis. -At peace.

BANNAN.-On December 5. loving father of Cis (Mrs. Quirk.) and Percival, fond grandpa of Dennis (2nd AIF.), Mary, Percy, and Frank. -At rest.

BANNAN.-Dennis, fond pal and grandpa of Keenie and Jimmy Holland.

BANNAN.-Dennis fond and loving grandpa of Jimmy Frawley.

BANNAN.-Dennis, loving father-in-law of the late James Frawley, and father of Maggie (Mrs. Frawley), fond grandpa of Ada (Mrs. Plumridge). Keenie (Mrs. Holland) Jack (deceased, 2nd AIF). Jim, and Kevin (deceased. 2nd AIF). -Rest in peace.

BANNAN.-On December 5. at the residence of his daughter. Iona Hotel Garfield. Dennis, loved husband of Mary, loved father of Elizabeth (Cis, Mrs. Quirk). John, Joseph, (deceased. 1st A.I.F.). Margaret (Mrs. Frawley), Francis (deceased, 1st A.I.F.), William (deceased. 1st A.I.F.), Redmond (Mick. A.M.F.). Dennis (deceased), James, (deceased). Kathleen (Mrs. Keogh). Vincent (2nd AIF.). -Rest in peace.

The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Mon 8 Dec 1947 Page 10
Family Notices
BANNAN. The Funeral of the late DENIS MICHAEL BANNAN, late of Kerang and Port Melbourne, will leave St. Joseph's Church, Iona, THIS DAY, at 10 a.m.. after prayers commencing at 9.45 a.m., arriving at Spring Vale Cemetery at 11 a.m. Requiem - Mass will be held at 11 a.m.
J. A. McGILTON PTY. LTD., Warragul -17- ²⁷⁹

Dennis married Mary Elizabeth MAHER [103] [MRIN: 50], daughter of John MAHER [346] and Eliza DAVERNES [345], in 1888.²⁷⁶ (Mary Elizabeth MAHER [103] was born about 1861, died in 1955 in Brunswick, Vic, Australia ²⁸⁰ and was buried on 14 Sep 1955 in Springvale, Vic, Australia.)