DAENKE, Max Vincent
| Service Number: | 12712 |
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| 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) Adelaide, South Australia The South Australian Garden of Remembrance,Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 12712, 11th Field Ambulance, at Adelaide | |
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| 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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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.