KING, David
| Service Number: | 201 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1914, An original of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 27 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 201, 7th Light Horse Regiment, An original of A Squadron | |
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| 20 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 201, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 201, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 201, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 201 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-03-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
David King landed on Gallipoli with the other Light Horse units 15 May 1915. He was wounded on 14 July 1915 (gunshot wound to hand) and evacuated to Malta. He re-joined his unit on Gallipoli on 9 September 1915 and was again wounded 10 November 1915 (bomb wound right arm). A few weeks later he was charged with being drunk in Cairo and creating a disturbance. During January 1916 he went absent for 2 periods, one of four days and another of 10 days. He was also charged with escaping from an escort near Maadi in Egypt. His next court martial was at Ismaila during August 1916, for being drunk, assaulting a local inhabitant and destroying said local’s property, (melons). He was awarded 28 days Field Punishment No. 2 and fined 10 pounds or 40 days pay. He had several more breaches of discipline during 1917 and 1918, until he was killed in action during March 1918. His mates in the Red Cross Wounded and Missing file described as being a most popular member of the unit and a “bit of a lad”.
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