Ernest Cooper DAVEY

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DAVEY, Ernest Cooper

Service Number:	3496
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Corop, Victoria, Australia, May 1897
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 25 February 1918
Cemetery:	La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot III, Row C, Grave 9, La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, La Plus Douve, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3496, Bendigo, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
24 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 57th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to face/mouth sustained near Gueudecourt. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 28 October 1917.
25 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3496, 57th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...3496 Private Ernest Cooper Davey, 21st Battalion, of Bendigo, Vic. A labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Davey embarked from Melbourne with the 8th Reinforcements on HMAT Demosthenes on 29th December 1915. After transferring to a number of units he was eventually posted to the 57th Battalion where, on 25th February 1918, he was killed in action, aged 20. He was buried in the La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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