David Leslie Clyde ABSOLOM

ABSOLOM, David Leslie Clyde

Service Number: 1782
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
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World War 1 Service

29 May 1916: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1782, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont
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

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Henry ABSOLOM and Emily Louisa nee WILLIAMS