David Ronald FACEY

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Service Number:	5072
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Barkers Creek School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Cycle mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 August 1918
Cemetery:	Bray Military Cemetery Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 17.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Golden Square St. Mark's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honor

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5072, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5072, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5072, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
15 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, France
18 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5072, 39th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW right hand. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 15 January 1918.
25 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 5072, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5072 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-25

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David Ronald Facey is also remembered on the Barkers Creek School Honour Roll and the Soldiers’ Memorial Institute Roll of Honour, Bendigo, Vic.