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GAFF, David Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2017 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Queenscliff, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Queenscliff State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sailor, RAN |
| Died: | Typhoid Fever, St Germain au Mont D'Or, Rhone-Alpes, France, 4 May 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. Germain-au-Mont-D'or Communal Cemetery Extension B. 7., St Germain au Mont D'Or Communal Cemetery Extension, St Germain au Mont D'Or, Rhone-Alpes, France, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2), Queenscliff St. George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
| 6 Aug 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 2017, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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World War 2 Service
| 6 Aug 1912: | Enlisted 2017 |
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Non Warlike Service
| 21 May 1913: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Encounter (I) |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, 2017, HMAS Encounter (I), AN&MEF, New Guinea | |
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| 16 Nov 1915: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Encounter (I) | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
| 2 Feb 1918: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, Lines of Communication Units, London Depot | |
| 4 May 1918: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2017 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Able Seaman, 2017, HMAS Encounter (I) |
Personal Stories
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David Gaff is also memorialised at:
Queenscliff Memorial Garden;
St Georges Church of England, Queenscliff; and
Queenscliff RSL Honour Roll
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