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FLAVEL, David Richard Francis
| Service Number: | 285 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 28 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Springbank, South Australia, 11 March 1952, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Interred on 13 March 1952. Interment number 5949 which expired on 13 March 2002 Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Gladstone Town and District WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to the leg and thigh. Evacuated to England on 28 February 1917 | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion. Wounds to the fingers on the right hand | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion, 3rd occasion. Gunshot wound to the neck | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 285, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Flavel and Mary Ann Victoria (nee Gill) Flavel of Gladstone, SA; brother of Mary Jane Maria Flavel, Agnes Dorothea Flavel, William Thomas George Flavel, Frederick Walter Flavel, Samuel James Flavel, Priscilla Alice Victoria Flavel, Elsie Annie May Flavel, Joseph Albert Flavel, Elizabeth Horner Ethel Matilda Flavel, Amy Anna Flavel, Selina Harriett Ann Fairview Flavel, Ruby Sarah Henerica Flavel and John Gilbert Richard Flavel.
15 December 1916 - to hospital with Mumps
On 18 December 1918 David married Maude LLoyd in the Northfield Parish Church, Birmingham, England. Father of Lionel Richard Flavel, Betty Victoria Flavel and Robert Warwick Flavel
25 February 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on the 11 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the time of his death his residential address was Reade Park, SA
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