ABSOLOM, David Leslie Clyde
Service Number: | 1782 |
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Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, Claremont |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 27 April 1894 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Public School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Postman |
Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Plot 7 Row B Grave 8, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart All Saints Church Honour Roll, Hobart Postmaster General's Department Glorious Dead Honour Roll, Hobart Postmaster-General's Department WW1 Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
29 May 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont | |
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8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart | |
7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
21 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
19 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 40th Infantry Battalion, France | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1782 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
War Service
Born 27 April, 1894 in Hobart, Tasmania
Son of William Henry ABSOLOM & Emily Louisa nee WILLIAMS
Of 13 Cascade Rd, Hobart South, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Postman
Enlisted: 29 May 1916
Embarkation: 8 August 1916 from Hobart per ‘Ballarat’
Age: 22 years
Served in France & Belgium
Killed in Action: 13 October 1917
Buried: Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Plot 7, Row B, Grave 8
Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 July 1918 insert 5
Submitted 29 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry ABSOLOM and Emily Louisa nee WILLIAMS