Max Vincent DAENKE

DAENKE, Max Vincent

Service Number: 12712
Enlisted: 22 December 1915, at Adelaide
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Langhorne Creek, South Australia, 10 April 1896
Home Town: Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Porter, South Australia, State Railways
Died: Woodville,, South Australia, 24 May 1951, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General)
The South Australian Garden of Remembrance,Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia.
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 12712, 11th Field Ambulance, at Adelaide
31 May 1916: Involvement Driver, 12712, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916: Embarked Driver, 12712, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
25 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Shot on the left arm and leg in Hindenburg Line.
16 Aug 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

Max Vincent Daenke was born in Langhorne Creek in Alexandrina Council, South Australia. He was enlisted in the Australian Army at 19 years, on the 22nd of December, 1915. He was a driver for the 11th Field Ambulance.

On the 31st of January, 1918, he became a Lieutenant for the 43rd Infantry Battalion, the same unit that his father was in. His father’s name was Frederick Daenke, and was in his mid-30s when enlisted in the army.

Max was injured in the Hindenburg Line on the 26th of August, 1918. He was shot in the left arm and leg. His injuries left him incapable of further combat in the war, so he returned to Australia.

He later married Lucy Ivison, who died in 1928, then he married her sister, Elizabeth Ivison. He resided at 129 Henley Beach Road. Max later passed away in 1951, he was buried in West Terrace Cemetery.

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