LINDSAY, David Gardyne Stuart
| Service Number: | 541 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 3 October 1889 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Fall, Prince Alfred Hospital, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, 13 April 1944, aged 54 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 541, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 541, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 541, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DAVID GARDYNE STUART LINDSAY was born on 3rd October, 1889, at Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Mr. David Lindsay and Mrs. Annie Lindsay. He was educated at St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, and entered the Adelaide Branch of the Bank on 25th May, 1907. On 1st January, 1909, he was transferred to Head Office, and five days later to Tumut, as ledger-keeper. He went back to Adelaide Branch in November, and in December, 1909, was sent to Jamestown, as assistant. In July, 1913, he was again transferred to Head Office.
David Lindsay enlisted on 10th August, 1914, and left Australia with the 1st Light Horse on 19th October. After service at Maadi and Heliopolis, he sailed for Gallipoli, and landed at Anzac Cove on 12th May, 1915, having just previously been promoted to corporal. He took part in the fighting at Suvla Bay and at Lone Pine, and was invalided to Cairo in October.
David Lindsay rejoined his regiment in January, 1916, and was in action with it against the Senussi, then he was transferred from the Light Horse to the Artillery and left Egypt for England in August, 1916. After serving for three months at headquarters in London he was transferred to the 60th Battalion, and proceeded to France, where he was promoted to second-lieutenant in May, 1917, and to lieutenant in the following August.
In the action at Polygon Wood on 25th September, 1917, David Lindsay was wounded and sent to Lady Murray’s Red Cross Hospital, at Le Treport, for three months; thence to the No. 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth. He left for Australia in February, 1918.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
Mr. David Lindsay, manager of the N.S.W. Bank at Newtown, died this morning. He was found unconscious at the foot of the stairs at this home.
LINDSAY.—April 13, 1944 (suddenly), at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, David Gasdyne Stuart Lindsay, of Bank of N.S.W., Newtown, and late 1st Light Horse and 60th Battn., 1st A.I.F., dearly beloved husband of Laura Beryl Lindsay and loved father of Jane, and son of the ate David Lindsay. South Australian papers please copy.
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