DAVEY, Allan Isaac
| Service Number: | 9 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Terowie, South Australia, 31 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Terowie, Goyder, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Muirden College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium, 22 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot: IV; Row: A; Grave: 2. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Terowie Public School Honor Roll, Terowie War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 9, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 9, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-22 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Rootsweb ID: I449862 Birth Record 31 Oct 1894 in Terowie, South Australia
Father: Edward DAVEY (b:1861 - d. 1956)
Married: 13/8/1890 in Terowie, SA
Mother: Caroline Susan DEARLOVE (b: 25/4/1862 Meredey, SA - d.12/9/1956 Unley SA)
Siblings:
Alexander William DAVEY b: 8/2/1891 in Kooringa, Burra, SA
Horace Edward Dearlove DAVEY b: 10/9/1892 in Terowie, SA
Alan Isaac DAVEY b: 31/10/1894 in Terowie, SA
Roy Herbert DAVEY b: 10/8/1896 in Terowie, SA
Uncle William DAVEY (b.12/12/1853 SA - d.23/5/1937 in Mile End, SA)
1st marriage: 7/12/1876 in Mannanarie, SA
Alice ROBINSON (b: 24/2/1857 in Black Springs, SA - d.29/8/1879 in Walloway, SA)
Cousin:
Frederick William Clark Wilkins DAVEY b: 19/10/1878 in Orroroo, SA
2nd marriage: 26/6/1882 in Saddleworth, SA
Aunty: Lucy Jane TALL (b: 23/4/1861 in Willunga, SA - d.19/3/1949 Mile End SA)
Cousins:
Alfred Ernest DAVEY b: 28/4/1883 in Terowie, SA
Alice DAVEY b: 10/11/1884 in Terowie, SA
Arthur DAVEY b: 26/4/1887 in Terowie, SA
Lilly DAVEY b: 2/5/1889 in Terowie, SA
Emma DAVEY b: 7/5/1891 in Terowie, SA
Amy DAVEY b: 31/3/1895 in Terowie, SA
William DAVEY b: 18/3/1897 in Terowie, SA
Florence DAVEY b: 14/4/1900 in Terowie, SA
Archibald Colin DAVEY b: 14/1/1902 in Terowie, SA
Jack DAVEY b: 19/2/1904 in Terowie, SA
Brother: 4718 Horace Dearlove Edward Davey
6/5/1915 enlisted
Private in Australian General Hospital 3, Reinforcement 1
15/6/1915 embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A62 Wandilla
12/11/1916 returned to Australia onboard HT Wilstsire
27/3/1917 embarked onboard Militiades to England
4/10/1917 gun shot wound right arm and leg (severe)
24/1/1918 returned to Australia onboard HS Dunluce Castle
12/9/1918 discharged from service
Cousin: 1665 Arthur Davey
Private in 50th Battalion
15/2/1916 enlisted in Adelaide
11/4/1916 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
9/6/1917 killed in action, France
"stated as buried: 3/4 mile Nth-East of Messines"
NO KNOWN GRAVE
His name is commemorated on Panel 29 at The Ypres MENIN GATE Memorial, Belgium.
His name is commemorated on Panel 150 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Cousin: 2521 William Davey
Private in 48th Battalion
26/7/1916 enlisted in Adelaide
28/8/1916 embarked onboard HMAT Anchises
19/2/1919 gun shot wound arm - returned to Australia
30/9/1976 passed away - cremated in Centennial Park Cemetery
Previous service: 3yrs Volunteer School Cadets
Described on enlisting as 21yrs 8mths old, 5' 10 1/4" tall; 151 lbs; medium complexion;
blue eyes; dark hair; Methodist
21/7/1915 enlisted at Keswick, SA
K Group, Base Infantry
14/8/1915 transferred to 32nd Infantry Battalion, as Private
16/8/1915 appointed to A Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Mitcham Camp
as a Sergeant
18/11/1915 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Sergeant in 32nd Battalion, A Company
18/12/1915 disembarked into Suez, Egypt
The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916.
7/6/1916 embarked onboard HMT Transylvania, to join British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria
23/6/1916 disembarked into marseilles, France
19/7/1916 gun shot wound to feet (wounded in action during the Battle of Fromelles)
22/7/1916 admitted to No.3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, before rejoining
his unit nearly two months later.
4/4/1917 detached at Officers Training School, England
and placed on Supernumeracy List
7/4/1917 Sergeant marched in from No.5 Officer Cadet Battalion in Cambridge, England
to 32nd Battalion
4/8/1917 graduated as a Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
and posted to General Infantry Reinforcements
rejoined his unit near Racquinghem later that month
20/8/1917 marched out to unit, Havre, France
22/8/1917 taken on strength of 32nd Battalion, in the field
28/8/1917 detached to Signalling Course
11/9/1917 rejoined unit in the field
22/10/1917 2nd Lieutenant Davey was killed in action near Zillebeke (23 years of age)
buried in valley half way between Westhook Ridge and Bellewarde Rigde,
south of Plank Road, near hedge running North to South about 23 miles
east of Ypres.
1920 body exhumed and reinterned in:
Hooge Crater Cemetery
Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Plot: IV; Row: A; Grave: 2.
His name is commemorated on Panel 120 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: 1914/15 Star (24223), British War medal (24796) and Victory medal (24629)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (357431)
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/5/2016. Lest we forget.
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