ZINGEL, David Edward
| Service Number: | 7155 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1917, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks in Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bega, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Lidcombe, 14 November 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bega District School WW1 Roll of Honor, Bega Soldiers Memorial, Double Bay War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Enlisted at Victoria Barracks in Sydney | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7155, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7155, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of 18th Battalion in France at Morlancourt | |
| 19 Dec 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7155, Returned to Australia on R.T.A. Borda | |
| 12 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7155, Discharged due to medical reasons |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Sharon
David was born in Bega NSW, in 1880 to Ernest Frederick Zingel and Maria Catherine Elizabeth Zingel, both of whom were born in Germany. The family was quite large and David had 13 siblings.
In 1909, David registered a business partnership with David Lockard named D BRETNALL & COMPANY, they were Business Agents operating at 5 Hunter Street Sydney.
David was single, working as a gardener and living at “Wistonville” Lower Ocean Street in Double Bay when he enlisted at Victoria Barracks N.S.W. in August 1917. Due to his German family heritage, the Recruiters, a Lieutenant W. O. Hug, referred his recruitment application to the Woollahra War Service Committee, an arm of the local council. They were required to pass a resolution that his loyalty was beyond question if his recruitment was to proceed. The Committee interviewed David and his known associates. Based on this, they found that he is a “loyal subject and a fit and proper person for enlistment in the Military Forces of the Commonwealth”.
Sometime between enlisting and embarking he married Alvenia Elsie Jane Hoyer, together they had one son, Jack, born in 1920. They lived at 51 Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst.
After basic training received at the Show Grounds Camp in Sydney, he embarked from Sydney, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 19 December 1917 as part of the 18th Battalion 21st Reinforcements.
After receiving further training in England he was posted to France and taken on strength of the 18th Battalion on the 20th May 1918, after the Battalion had just been relieved from the front near Morlancourt in the Ville Sur Ancre Sector.
The 18th Battalion was heavily involved in fighting at Amiens on 8 and 9 August 1918, the attack on Mont St Quentin on 31 August, and then assaulting the Beaurevoir Line around Montbrehain on 3 October, when they were required to take and hold a stretch of the line near St Quentin. This was the battalion’s last battle; it was training out of the line when the armistice was declared and was disbanded in April 1919.
He returned to England from France on the 7th of April 1919 where his Battalion was disbanded. He was then granted leave with pay and subs from April to October 1919 for non-military employment in the UK with W. Trellant, tailors of Great Forward St in Cheltenham. After this he returned to Sutton Veny, where he was detained for duty with the Disposals Board. David embarked to return to Australia on the 9th of December 1919 aboard R.T.A. Borda.
He was discharged on the 12th of May 1920 due to medical reasons. On his discharge form his occupation was noted as being a tailor. He was issued with a Returned soldiers badge number 259386. He was eventually issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.
David passed away on the 14th of November 1956, at age 76 at Lidcombe Hospital NSW.