Edwin (Ted) DAINTY

DAINTY, Edwin

    Service Number: 216
    Enlisted: 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tatura, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1896
    Home Town: Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: South Brunswick State School No.2743, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Leather worker
    Died: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 1973, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Cremated remains placed in PLOT Banksia, Wall E, Niche 688
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 216, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 216, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    16 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt, per HT Tunisian to join British Expeditionary Force, France. Night of 23/24 June, 1916, disembarked Marseilles.
    4 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion
    9 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 216, 29th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle, gun shot wound, right thigh [although another entry states forearm]. - 10 Oct, 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, to No.3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station - 11 Oct, 14th General Hospital, Wimereux - 13 Oct, 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne - 17 Oct, No.3 Rest Camp, Boulogne - 20 Oct, Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre
    6 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29th Infantry Battalion
    3 Jan 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    28 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    5 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked UK per HT Port Melbourne. Disembarked 20 August, 1919
    12 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of F R & A J Dainty, 45 John Street, East Brunswick

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