CHEVERTON, Roy Douglas Keane
| Service Number: | 2182 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 21 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Leslie House School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Gangrenous Enteritis, Millbank Hospital, London, England, 9 November 1915, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery 173 and 174.15 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2182, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Sep 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2182, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Sep 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 2182, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Melbourne |
Gunner Roy Douglas Keane Cheverton
From WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK (Cathy Sedgwick)
Died on this date - 9th November......Gunner Roy Douglas Keane Cheverton was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 1888. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 17th August, 1914 as a 26 year old Labourer.
Gunner Cheverton joined M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on 4th April, 1915. He was admitted to Hospital at Malta on 19th July, 1915 & transferred to England. He was admitted to King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, London on 30th August, 1915.
Gunner Roy Douglas Keane Cheverton died at 1.30 am on 9th November, 1915 at Millbank Hospital, London, England from Gangrenous Enteritis. He was buried in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England where 19 other WW1 Australians are buried.
Submitted 10 November 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy was one of two sons of Kathleen Maisie Cheverton who lost their lives during WW1. The father, William Cheverton, drowned in the Derwent River in Tasmania during 1902 when the Cheverton brothers were very young boys.
His younger brother, 828A Pte. John Thistle Raymond Tod Cheverton D. C. M. 5th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action 23 August 1918, aged 23.
His mother filled out Roy's roll of honour form, ‘Cricketer, footballer, boxer, a champion left hand bowler, great sportsman.’
“I could write on for ever about this boy. I think you can judge from the above, what sort of character he was.”- mother.
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