DEVLIN, Errol Cappie Nepean
| Service Numbers: | 91, 1166 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row C, Grave 5, Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 91, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 91, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 91, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 91, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Errol Cappie Nepean DEVLIN was born in Penrith, NSW in 1891
His parents were Sidney William DEVLIN & Mary CROOK who married in Sydney in 1886
He first enlisted on 12th August, 1914 and served with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Tropical Unit, 1st Battalion and embarked on the HMAT Berrima on 19th August, 1914 & returned to Australia and was discharged on 4th August, 1915
He then re-enlisted on 22nd March, 1915 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Ceramic on 25th June, 1915 with the 18th Infantry Battalion
Errol was Killed in Action at Fleurbaix in France on 30th May, 1916 and is buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery
IN MEMORY
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