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APPS, David Edwin

Service Numbers:	2858, 2858B
Enlisted:	8 August 1916, Goulburn, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jerrara, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial, Narrawa Mullengrove Public School War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Goulburn, New South Wales
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2858, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2858, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2858B, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2858B awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03
Date unknown:	Involvement 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
Date unknown:	Involvement 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Son of W Apps, Jerrara, New South Wales

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal