Darrell Lyle WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Darrell Lyle

    Service Number: 3059
    Enlisted: 23 November 1915, Casula, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 28 September 1899
    Home Town: Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
    Schooling: Orange Grove School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Apprentice Shipwright
    Died: Died of Wounds, Combles, Somme, Picardie, France., 26 October 1916, aged 17 years
    Cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery
    Plot V, Row C, Grave 21
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Elliston War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3059, 31st Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 3059, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    14 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 3059, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Darrell Lyle WASHINGTON was born in Devonport, Tasmania on 28th September, 1899

    His parents were George Alexander WASHINGTON & Emma SAYER

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    His brother Audley Tennyson WASHINGTON (SN 28813) also served in the Army during WW1 and returned to Australia (3rd Field Artillery Brigade & Medium Trench Mortar Battery) - he died in Melbourne in 1935

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