SOMERS, Maurice David
| Service Number: | 5718 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clifton Hill, Victoria, 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Clifton Hill Primary School |
| Occupation: | Wharf labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5718, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) |
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3 March 1917
SOMERS, — In loving memory of our dear cousin.Private Maurice Somers, killed in action at Bullecourt on the 3rd May, 1917. R.I.P.
Mother of Sorrows, to thee we pray,
Comfort the many sad hearts to-day,
And ask thy son at our request
To grant dear Maurice eternal rest.
Inserted by his sorrowing cousins, Arthur and Florrie Wiley, Salisbury-grove, Northcote
4 May 1918
SOMERS. — In loving memory of my dear hus band. Pte, Maurice David Somers, killed in action ou the 3rd May, 1917, dear daddy of Maurice and little Charlie. R.I.P. Where art thou now, my loved one. Who was so dear to me When I think of your ways in our happy days, My heart cries out for thee. — Inserted by his loving wife Irene Somers and little sons
Maurice married 1914 Irene Teresa Humphries. They had two sons Maurice John Somers born in 1915 and Ramond Verdun Somers born 1917
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