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Davenport, Arthur Edward (500)

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Place of Birth: Sale, VIC

Age: 29 years

Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 – Albert Park, VIC

Service Number: 500            view online service record

Address:
349 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Sarah Calnin (mother)
Buckhurst Street
South Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion

Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 17 August 1916
Discharged: Thursday, 30 November 1916

Later lived at 349 Princes Street with his wife, Selma.

1915 ‘LANDING AT GALLIPOLI.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 17 July, p. 1, viewed 30 June, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91167590

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1 Comments

  • Brian Membrey
    Posted August 26, 2017 9.32 am 0Likes
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    “Private A. E. Davenport (wounded) was born at Sale, and was a few years ago a private in the old %th A.I.H., Albert Park. Prior to enlisting he was in the employ
    of J. Kitchen nnd Sons, and resided- with his wife and child at Princes-strcet, Port Melbourne”. The Age, 16 June, 1916 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154942459

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