LIVINGSTONE, D'Arcy York
| Service Number: | 6572 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1916, Enlisted in Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed In Action by shell fragment, Belgium, 16 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot IX, Row D, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Palmwoods WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6572, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6572, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6572, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 23 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 9th Battalion to the 49th after landing in France on 23rd June 1917 | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 6572, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6572 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
D'Arcy York LIVINGSTONE was born in 1896 in Bega, N.S.W.
His parents were Hugh Campbell LIVINGSTONE & Jane Margaret Mary HAWE who married in Bega in 1892 - his father Hugh was also with the 49th Battalion (SN3287) and he left 2 months after his son - at the time of D'arcys death Hugh was located in Codford in England in a training camp - he later returned to Australia
Prior to enlisting on 1st August, 1916 D'arcy had previous service for 2 years in the CMF (7th Infantry) & then left with the 9th Infantry Battalion, 21st reinforcements from Brisbane & transferred to the 49th Battalion after landing in France on 23rd June, 1917
He was Killed in Action on 16th July, 1917 in Belgium when he was hit by a shell fragment - he was buried east of Lignecourt about 30 yards from the trenches at Ploegsteert with a little cross bearing his name & service number - later he was re-interred in Strand Military Cemetery in Belgium - he is also memorialized on the Australian War Memorial and the Palmwoods War Memorial in Queensland - he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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