David Owen CROSS

Regimental number1839
Place of birthWhitemore Tasmania
SchoolWhitemore State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Jane Cross, Bracknell, Tasmania
Enlistment date5 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 January 1917
Place of death or woundingRiga, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 19), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William James and Sarah CROSS, Bracknell. Native of Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal