HARPER, David Thomas
Service Number: | 128 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, HQ Group |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | Elderslie, Tasmania, Australia, 20 January 1891 |
Home Town: | Elderslie, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Chauffeur |
Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 27 August 1972, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
The Hobart Garden of Remembrance, Tasmania |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HQ Group | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 128, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
David Harper was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 for his service as a Sergeant Mechanic with the Australian Flying Corps.
His younger brother, 675 Lce. Cpl. Roy Bayles Harper 40th Battalion AIF had died of wounds in France 12 February 1917, aged 21.
Another younger brother 5109 Pte. Reuben Henry Harper 52nd Battalion AIF was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in 1917.
They were the sons of Thomas Duncan and Elizabeth Harper, of Elderslie, Tasmania.