LEVENE, Abraham
| Service Number: | 708 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Russia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Queens Park School, Nottingham, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 23 July 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 12. Personal Inscription TILL THE DAWN OF ETERNITY AND NIGHT SHALL BE NO MORE , Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 708, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 708, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served under alias David Conroy
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is commemorated on the new Retford Great War Memorial on Nottingham’s Victoria Embankment as Abraham Isaac Levene.
His place of birth is uncertain-his family, when completing the Final Verification Papers for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, stated that he had been born in Russia whereas, upon attestation, David [Abraham] declared he had been born in Glasgow.
His age is also unclear-his parents stated he was 20 when killed but other sources indicate he was 22 when embarking for Egypt.
He saw service in Egypt prior to serving in Gallipoli.
He was 20 and the son of Samuel and Janey Levene, 32 Uppingham Terrace, Waterway Street, Nottingham, England.
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