DE BAVAY A.J.C.

Given Names:  Auguste Joseph Francois

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6 Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/6/1856

Place:  , Belgium                                     

Father:  Xavia DE BAVAY                        

Mother:  Marie Therese DE BONTRIDDER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1885     

Place:  St Patricks Cathedral                    

Spouse: Anna HEINZLE

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Date or Year: 16/11/1944                        

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Worked for government at the request of Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) to investigate the possibility of manufacturing acetone for use in producing cordite.

He was appointed an OBE in 1918, and also won Papal and Belgian honours

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Kew War Memorial

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