Horace Edward Dearlove DAVEY

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DAVEY, Horace Edward Dearlove

Service Number:	4718
Enlisted:	6 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Field Ambulance
Born:	Terowie, South Australia, 10 September 1892
Home Town:	Terowie, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Doctor's Assistant
Died:	South Australia, Australia, 21 September 1978, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 37, Grave 679B
Memorials:	Terowie Public School Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

6 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4718
15 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 4718, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
15 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 4718, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 4718, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 4718, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 4718, 11th Field Ambulance
Date unknown:	Wounded 4718, 11th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I448920 Birth Record 10 Sept 1892 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: 9 Second Lieutenant Allan Isaac Davey
              21/7/1915   enlisted at Keswick, SA
              18/11/1915 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
                                as a Sergeant in 32nd Battalion, A Company
              22/10/1917 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.

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

Described on enlisting as 22yrs 8mths old; single; 5' 6 3/4" tall; 152 bs;
dark complexion; grey eyes; dark hair; Methodist

6/5/1915      enlisted at Keswick, SA
                   appointed to Base Depot, Mitcham

15/6/1915    embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A62 Wandilla
                    as a Private in Australian General Hospital 3, Reinforcement 1

4/8/1915 proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces

28/9/1915 admittd to 3rd General Hospital, Mudros
29/10/1915 discharged to duty, Mudros

27/1/1916 disembarked from Mudros, Alexandria

25/9/1916 embarked HMT Maroola, to join British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria

12/11/1916 returned to Australia onboard HT Wiltshire, ex Portland, England

27/1/1917 embarked onboard Militiades - with Australian Medical Corps
27/3/1917 disembarked into Devonport, England

6/4/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Folkestone

23/4/1917 taken on strength 3rd Australian General Hospital, France
marched out to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Etaples

9/5/1917 transferred to 11th Field Ambulance, France

9/6/1917 taken on strength of 11th Australian Field Ambulance, France

2/7/1917 gun shot wound to neck - wounded in action
25/7/1917 returned to unit

4/10/1917    gun shot wound right arm and leg (severe)
4/12/1917    invalided to England, admitted to Horton County London War Hospital
                   had right leg amputated
24/1/1918    returned to Australia onboard HS Dunluce Castle
10/3/1918    disembarked into Melbourne, VIC
11/3/1918    proceeded to Adelaide

12/9/1918 discharged from service

Total service: 3 years 131 days (2 years 269 days overseas)

Medals: 1914/15 Star (7056), British War medal (5821) and Victory medal (5771)

Last lived at 668 Malvern Avenue, Malvern, SA.

Married:       Dora Davey (Floradora Steven Davey)
                   b. 1897 - d. 24/4/1993 - 96 yrs of age
                   last lived at Westbourne Park, SA
                   buried with Horace - Centennial Park Cemetery
                   Derrick Gardens, Path 37, Grave 679B

21/9/1978    passed away
buried in:     Centennial Park Cemetery, Garden of Remembrance
                   Derrick Gardens, Path 37, Grave 679B
                   Interment Expiry 22/09/2043

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 20/5/2016. Lest we forget.

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