Guy Kennedy DAVENPORT MC

Guy Kennedy DAVENPORT MC Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	29 April 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 8 January 1891
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kings College, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Solicitor - F.A. Davenport & Sons, Solicitors,
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 10 April 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Vaulx Hill Cemetery Grave III.B. 6.
Memorials:	Double Bay War Memorial, Gretna War Memorial, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour

29 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
10 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-10
29 Jun 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Battle for Pozières , '(Pozieres) For consistent gallantry and devotion to duty under heavy shell fire during period 27/7/1916 to 9/8/1916.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103

Help us honour Guy Kennedy Davenport's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

He held the Military Cross.

He was 26 and the son of Frank A. and Ethel Davenport; husband of Mabel Davenport, of Deanery Cottage, Bowral, New South Wales.