Richard Arthur DAVENPORT

DAVENPORT, Richard Arthur

Service Numbers: 1015, 4772
Enlisted: 7 September 1914, South Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: Campbells Creek, Victoria, 9 December 1894
Home Town: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Healesville, Victoria, 18 June 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Moonee Ponds Methodist Church HB, Nar Nar Goon Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Roll of Honor
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Biography

1015 Pte. R. A. Davenport was discharged on 12 Apr 1915 and returned to Australia, considred mentally and physicaly a "weaking". Richad Arthur Davenport reinisted on 12 Nov 1915 and returned to the war, with the new service no. 4772,  and served until his discharge on 04 Aug 1919 at the cessation of hostilities.

Died in 1967 aged 72, and cremated at Springvale (Vic) Crematorium