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Unit |
9th Light
Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcements |
Rank |
Trooper |
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Date of Enlistment |
14
December 1914 |
Service no. |
600 |
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Date of Death |
10 August 1915 |
Place of Death |
New
Zealand Field Army Hospital - from injuries received at
Walker's Ridge |
|
Age |
44 |
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Cemetery |
Ari Burnu |
Details |
E. 11 |
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Epitaph |
- |
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Next of Kin |
(Wife)
DAY Kathleen |
Address |
Koolpoort,
Warrandyte, VIC |
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Parents |
Alexander
and Beata Day (nee Stratton) |
Address |
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Date of Birth |
1869 |
Place of birth |
VIC
Camperdown |
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General |
He received a gunshot wound to the
head on 7 August 1915 from action at Walker's Ridge. He was taken to
the New Zealand Army Hospital, Anzac, where he died of wounds on 10
August 1915. He had previously served as a Lieutenant in the Boer War,
receiving the Queen's Medal with five bars. He left a wife and seven
children. |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
 |
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- The
Australasian newspaper, 27 November 1915, page ii
(source 31)
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Photo |
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The Age newspaper, 21 September 1915, page 9 (source
44) |
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Photo |
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The Argus Newspaper, 27 November 1915, page 5 (source
42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 11 September 1915, page 11 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 11 September 1915, page 11 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 7 September 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 9 September 1915, page 10 (source 42) |
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Family details |
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Spirits of
Gallipoli |
 |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 7 (source 14) |
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