Montague John Durnford PACEY

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PACEY, Montague John Durnford

Service Number:	439
Enlisted:	23 August 1914, Enlisted at Ipswich, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nebo, Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1890
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Mackay, Toowoomba and Brisbane State Schools, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 439, Enlisted at Ipswich, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement 439, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked 439, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 439, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 439 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

Montagu John Durnford

My great uncle "Monty" was the son of Mary Mann and Montagu Hadley Isaacson Felton Durnford. He was born the 10th September 1890. The family lived at Mirani North Queensland. His father was thrown from a horse and died in 1895.

Later his mother married Alfred Pacey, and at the time of enlistment, Montagu took his step-father's name.

The family were living at Ipswich at the time of enlistment.

He served between 1911 and 1913 in the 15th Light Horse, and was a Bugler

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