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WW1 ANZAC GALLIPOLI MEDAL PLAQUE & CASE 1711 SAPPER DENIS 3RD FIELD COMPANY AIF
Offered is a Anzac Commemorative Medallion engraved named W. DENIS, housed in its original award case. Comes with copy service records, war diary extract, newspaper article, 1939 census and passenger manifest extract. The name W. Denis is unique on the Australian National Archives. Walter Allan Denis was born on 26/8/1878 at Ilfracombe, Devon, England. The 1901 census records him as still living in Ilfracombe, and on 8/6/1905, he emigrated to Australia. A plumber by trade he enlisted into the A.I.F. on 19/1/1915 at Oakland South Australia and was assigned to the 4th reinforcements 12th Battalion (service # 1711). He departed Adelaide on 1/4/1915 bound for Egypt. He joined the 12th Battalion at Gallipoli on 16/6/1915 being posted to ‘C’ Company. Perhaps because of his age (37), or as a skilled tradesman, he was transferred to the 3rd Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers (new service #478) at Anzac. He was evacuated to Malta sick with enteritis on 3/10/1915 – 7/12/1915 being returned to Egypt. He was sent to England in February 1916 remaining there until November 1916 when he was posted to France re-joining the 3rd Field Company (1st Division) on 9/12/1916. On 9/10/1917 the Company was maintaining the advanced tramway between […]
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