David Thomas HARPER

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Service Number:	128
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, HQ Group
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	Elderslie, Tasmania, Australia, 20 January 1891
Home Town:	Elderslie, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chauffeur
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1972, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HQ Group
16 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

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David Harper was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 for his service as a Sergeant Mechanic with the Australian Flying Corps.

His younger brother, 675 Lce. Cpl. Roy Bayles Harper 40th Battalion AIF had died of wounds in France 12 February 1917, aged 21.

Another younger brother 5109 Pte. Reuben Henry Harper 52nd Battalion AIF was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in 1917.

They were the sons of Thomas Duncan and Elizabeth Harper, of Elderslie, Tasmania.