DAY R.T.

Given Names:  Renouf Townsend

Service Number:  4993

Unit:  Divisional Ammunition Column 1, 8th reinforcements                                                

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  314387

Age:  19 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  133 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Arthur Renouf Day

Rothsay', Fellon Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                

Embarkation Date:  15/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  SS Makarini

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Sardinia 

Embarked:  19/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/6/1919

Unit:  1st Convalescent Depot                                                                                                        

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  31/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  28277

British War Medal:  19301

Victory Medal:  19175

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Mansfield, Victoria                        

Father:  Arthur Renouf DAY                     

Mother:  Christine Eliza WOOD

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Bella McINTOSH

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/12/1984                        

Place: Malvern, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

1st wife Bella died 1922; 2nd marriage; 1925; CUMMING Phyllis Edith

FURTHER INFORMATION