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DAVY, John Kenneth

Service Numbers:	1951, 1951A
Enlisted:	26 June 1916, Place of enlistment - RA Showgrounds, Moore Park, Sydney New South Wales
Last Rank:	Signaller
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Melbourne Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephone Linesman
Died:	Died of wounds received in action, Belgium, 15 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot V, Row F, Grave 18, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Place of enlistment - RA Showgrounds, Moore Park, Sydney New South Wales
7 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Reallocated Service Number 1951A on 7th February 1917.
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1951, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Embarked on RMS Osterley from Sydney on 10th February 1917 disembarked Plymouth, England 11th April 1917.
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion
15 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Signaller, 1951A, 36th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to abdomen, died of wounds

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Nicholas Paul and Alberta Victoria DAVY. Born Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.