Richard Arthur DAVENPORT

DAVENPORT, Richard Arthur

    Service Numbers: 1015, 4772
    Enlisted: 7 September 1914, South Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Campbells Creek, Victoria, 9 December 1894
    Home Town: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Healesville, Victoria, 18 June 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Moonee Ponds Methodist Church HB, Nar Nar Goon Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, South Melbourne, Victoria
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1015, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
    12 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4772, 58th Infantry Battalion
    7 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4772, 15th Machine Gun Company
    24 Dec 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4772, 60th Infantry Battalion
    4 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

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    Biography

    1015 Pte. R. A. Davenport was discharged on 12 Apr 1915 and returned to Australia, considred mentally and physicaly a "weaking". Richad Arthur Davenport reinisted on 12 Nov 1915 and returned to the war, with the new service no. 4772,  and served until his discharge on 04 Aug 1919 at the cessation of hostilities.

    Died in 1967 aged 72, and cremated at Springvale (Vic) Crematorium

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