David John (Snowy) TAIT

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Service Number:	1972
Enlisted:	8 June 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Invermay, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Invermay State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Invermay State School No 882 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

8 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1972, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Vic.
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1972, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1972, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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Son of David John and Elziabeth Alice Tait of Landsborough Street, Ballarat, Vic.

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

Also served in the Senior Cadets for 4 years and the Citizen Military Forces' City of Ballarat 71st Battalion

Prior to enlisting he worked as Snow's Drapery in Ballarat