David MCVAY

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Service Number:	1243
Enlisted:	8 April 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Poole, England, 1883
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 13 September 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 1, Row B, Grave 15, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1243, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1243, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
9 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion, In the field
13 Sep 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1243, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1243 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-13

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Next of kin given as Annie Dyson of 312 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

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

Served an apprenticeship with Harrison Steam Ship Company of Liverpool