David Alexander Brandis CAMERON

CAMERON, David Alexander Brandis

    Service Numbers: 7648, V357105
    Enlisted: 21 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
    Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
    Born: Kapunda, South Australia, 10 July 1891
    Home Town: Norwood (SA), South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 November 1978, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
    Plot 35*205*N
    Memorials: Alawoona & District WW1 Honour Roll, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Loxton Pyap West Great War Honour Roll, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Norwood Primary School Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7648, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Adelaide, South Australia
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 7648, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 7648, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    20 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7648, 16th Army Service Corps

    World War 2 Service

    31 Mar 1942: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, V357105, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
    31 Mar 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, V357105
    31 Mar 1942: Enlisted Ripponlea, VIC
    9 Oct 1945: Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, V357105, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)

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    Biography

    "...7648 Private David Alexander Brandis Cameron, 14th Company, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), of Kapunda, SA. Pte Cameron enlisted on 2 September 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He later transferred to the 20th Company, AASC, and returned to Australia on 13 April 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

    Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

    David was the son of Charlotte Eliza Davie and James Cameron.

    In 1926 David married Elizabeth Alice Richardson.

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