TOWNS, David
| Service Number: | 2824 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2824, 17th Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2824, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2824, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2824, 17th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John A. Towns, Rydalmere
Mr. John A. Towns, late of Rydalmere, has been officially advised that his son, David, was killed in action on 20th September, after completing two years' active service. He enlisted 25th August, 1915, and sailed 2nd November. He was attached to the 17th Battalion, and was wounded on the 4th of August, 1916. He received ten days' furlough and visited his uncle in Scotland, where he met his only brother, William (H.M.S. Defiance), whom he had not seen for seven years. His brother finished five years' apprenticeship in a bank in Scotland, and enlisted 12 months after the war broke out. The late Private David Towns was 22 years of age and was very popular in Parramatta.
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