Lieutenant Allan (or Allen) Arthur Orme Davenport

First year at Wesley 1902
Personal information Prep in 1902, Melbourne Grammar School (1903) and Geelong Grammar School (1908). At Geelong  Grammar he was Captain of School and twice stroke in Head of the River crew. Note: in service records he is Arthur Allan
Date enlisted 3/05/1915
Unit enlisted East Lancashire Regiment
Service details Killed in the March 1918 German advance on the Somme. The 4th Battalion was overwhelmed with only one officer and about twenty men surviving. Served at Cape Helles, Egypt, Sinai. MC and MID in France 1917.
Date of death 24/03/1918 - 24 years of age
Unit details East Lancaster Regiment 1st/2nd Battalion  attd 4th Battalion
Cemetery/Memorial place Rosieres British Cemetery
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