CAVEY, William Guy
| Service Number: | 21714 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Hampshire, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 1 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Plumstead Cemetery Grave K. 318. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 21714, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Mar 1918: | Embarked Sapper, 21714, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 21714, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21714 awm_unit: Field Company Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-06-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 21 and the son of Edward and Jessie Cavey, of 23, Blithdale Rd., Plumstead, England.
Births Dec 1896 Cavey William Guy S. Stoneham 2c 82
S. Stoneham is an alternative name for South Stoneham in the county of Hampshire
Deaths Jun 1918Cavey William 21 Andover 2c 283
Andover spans the boundaries of the counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 1st June…… William Guy Cavey was born on 5th November, 1896 at Southampton, England.
According to information provided for the Roll of Honour – William Cavey came to Australia when he was 16 years old. Mrs Jessie Cavey (Housewife, aged 34), William Cavey (Messenger, aged 16), Miss Winnie Cavey (aged 14), Frank Cavey (aged 12) & Miss Jessie Cavey (aged 10) were passengers on the Norseman which had embarked from the port of London, England on 28th June, 1913 bound for Sydney, Australia.
On 1st December, 1917 William Guy Cavey enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a 21 year old, single, Fitter & Turner from 43 Rush Street, Woollahra, NSW (address as per Embarkation Roll, however his address on “Application to Enlist in the Australian Imperial Force” form had the address of 36 Suffolk St, Paddington, Sydney)
Sapper William Guy Cavey, Service number 21714, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Runic (A54) on 22nd March, 1918 with the Field Companies Engineers, 1st Draft Reinforcements & disembarked at London, England on 24th May, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to No. 3 Details Camp at Parkhouse, Wiltshire on 24th May, 1918 from Australia.
On 27th May, 1918 Sapper Cavey was sent sick to Delhi Hospital, Wiltshire then admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire the same day with Influenza & P.U.O. (Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin). He was reported to be dangerously ill.
Sapper William Guy Cavey died at 10.35 pm on 1st June, 1918 at Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England from Pneumonia & Influenza. A Telegram from Medical at Tidworth Hospital to Administrative Headquarters, A.I.F., London on 2nd June, 1918 stated that Sapper Cavey had died from Broncho Pneumonia.
His body was sent to his home in Plumstead for burial. He was buried at 3 pm on 7th June, 1918 in Plumstead Cemetery, Greater London, England – Plot number Grave No. 318, Section K. This is now recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as K. 318 and he now has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-plumstead.html
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