DAVEY, Claude Thomas
| Service Number: | T102307 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Evandale, Tasmania, Australia, 2 January 1907 |
| Home Town: | Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shepherd |
| Died: | Scottsdale, , Tasmania, Australia, 6 November 1990, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Scottsdale and Ellesmere General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T102307 | |
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| 18 Aug 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T102307 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Claude Thomas Davey (Service No:T102307) served in the ACMF from 29 January 1942 to 18 August 1943. Private Davey served with 12 Infantry Training Battalion and was released for Farm Work.
Born in 1907 at Evandale in Tasmania, Claude was the fourth of ten children of Adam Davey (b1869 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Margaret Duncanson (b1878 at Emu Bay, Tasmania). Adam (a Labourer) and Margaret married in 1900 in Launceston, Tasmania and settled in Deddington where they raised their family and Adam was a Labourer.
Claude worked as a Labourer and Shepherd, and in 1931 in Scottsdale married Pearl Emily Austin (b1912 at Scottsdale, Tasmania). Claude and Pearl lived in Scottsdale and Evansdale where Claude was a Shepherd before enlisting with the ACMF. In the mid 1940s they settled at Ringarooma where they raised their family and Claude was a Farmer. Claude died in 1990 and Pearl in 1994.
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