Locus Spencer AVERY

Badge Number: 34296
34296

AVERY, Locus Spencer

Service Number: 1836
Enlisted: 7 September 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Morchard, South Australia, 28 January 1893
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: East Perth, Western Australia, 26 August 1948, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Weslyan Area, Section IA, Gravesite 0589. NOTE: Expired 3.0/9/19198
Memorials: Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch, Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1, Orroroo Morchard Men Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1836
11 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 1836, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 1836, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement 1836

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Biography

Born:  LOUIS Spencer Avery
Rootsweb ID: I726715 Birth Record:  28 Jan 1893 in Morchard, South Australia

Father: Thomas AVERY b: 17/3/1849 in Mount Barker, SA
Mother: Sarah GRIFFIN b: 1/8/1854 in SA

On enlisting Louis was 22yrs 7mths old; 5' 8" tall; 153 lbs; fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; single; methodist; living with his parents

previously served 4yrs with 17th Light Horse Company
still serving with 24th Light Horse Regiment on enlisting

7/9/1915      enlisted in Adelaide
                   as a Private in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement

11/1/1916    embarked from Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT A30 Borda

1/3/1916      taken on strength at Heleopoulos

21/4/1916    Gunner in 4th Division Amunision Company, Serapeum
24/5/1916    Bombadier in 4th D A Company

6/6/1916      joined British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria
13/6/1916    disembarked off of Oriana, into Marseilles, France
15/7/1916    Driver in 4th D A Company

22/8/1916    appointed Shoeing Smith, Marseilles, France

25/8/1917    returned to Australia onboard HT A245

24/10/1917  disembarked into Australia onboard Benalla - pneumonia

Medals:        British War meda (8875); Victory Medal (8811)

6/1/1918      seconded from 9th Light Horse Regiment to 24th Light Horse

22/11/1919  Lieutenant with 9th Light Horse Regiment
30/6/1922

26/8/1948    passed away in East Perth, WA
buried in:      Karakatta Cemetery, WA

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan, 25/4/2016.  Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.

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