David CHESTNUT

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Service Number:	486
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1889
Home Town:	Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ryde Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Ryde Public School Roll of Honour

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 486, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 486, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 486, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of William and Lizzie of Regent Street, Ryde, NSW

Brother of William Chestnut who was killed in action on 3 May 1917 while serving with the 18th Battalion and has no known grave

Medals: 1914-15, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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