LAVERY, William
| Service Number: | 5403 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1915, 19 months St Georges Rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Moss Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1964, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Anglican Section 15, Grave 2621 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5403, 1st Infantry Battalion, 19 months St Georges Rifles | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5403, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5403, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5403, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD | |
| 15 Sep 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, 'During the operations near BELLICOURT from 30th September to 2nd October 1918, this man displayed the most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty as a stretcher bearer, while attending to the wounded under very heavy machine gun and rifle fire. At one period in the advance his Platoon Commander fell seriously wounded immediately in front of an enemy strong post. Private LAVERY immediately crawled out 300 yards into 'No Man's Land' under intense machine fire and bandaging him up attempted to carry him to safety; owing to the heavy fire he was unable to do this at the first attempt but returned a little later in company with another man, and succeeded in bringing him in. For 36 hours he laboured unceasingly attending to and carrying wounded and undoubtedly saved many lives.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109 Date: 15 September 1919 Originally recommended for DCM |
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From Shayne Cunningham & Rookwood Cemetery
LAVERY, William 5403 M.M.
William Thompson Lavery
Born: 15 May 1889 Bankstown NSW
Died: 11 May 1964 Central Coast NSW
Parents: William and Rhoda Ann (nee Harriss) Lavery
William Thompson Lavery William Thompson Lavery, commonly known as Bill, was a Railway Fettler with his Father. He enlisted in the Armed Services on the 6th of November, 1915. He sailed to Alexandria from Sydney on HMAT 49 Ceramic and then across to Marseille. He then traveled by train up to Fromelles 10 days after the battle on the 19th of July, 1916. At the end of the war he was awarded a Military Medal for his brave services.
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