TAVENER  A.

Given Names:  Anthony

               

Service Number: 

Unit:  5th Battalion, 24th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs   

Occupation:  Fire Insurance Inspector                                                                             

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  146 Lbs

Chest:  34 In

Hair: 

Eyes: 

Complexion: 

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/11/1916

Place: 

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Margaret Phillips Tavener

Akaroa', 58 Fellows Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  19/2/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ballarat A70

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Lancashire                                      

Embarked:  7/2/1919                                 

Disembarked:  31/3/1919

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  30/4/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  64159

Victory Medal:  62003

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/4/1893

Place:  Bristol, England                            

Father:  Alfred Anthony TAVENER           

Mother:  Margaret Phillips HOWE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1938     

Place:             

Spouse: Florence Emily JEFFRY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1966                                 

Place: Geelong, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 10/8/1918; gun shot wound, abdomen & legs

Suffered mental confusion after wounding

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Kew

Trinity Grammar

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX117163                                   

Date Enlisted:  1/9/1942                                          

Date Discharged:  5/2/1944

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary