ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

DURLING, Maurice Albian ( Albert )

DURLING, Maurice Albian ( Albert )

Full Name: Maurice Albian ( Albert )

DURLING

Date of Birth: 08

–

1889

Place of birth: Meopham, Gravesend, Kent

England

Occupation: Dairyman

Address: Yalup Brook SWR, WA

Next of Kin: Father- Albert Durling

Next of Kin Address: The Hermitage, Culverstone, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, England

Religion: Baptist

Service Number: 3511

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion/28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-04

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-01-17

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-02-07

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, France

Age at Death: 26

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

27/09/1915- Completed Medical Examination Blackboy Hill
4/10/1915- To 31 Depot Company Blackboy Hill as Private
16/10/1915- To No. 4 Depot Battalion ” A ” Company Blackboy Hill
9/11/1915- Joined 28th Battalion 8th Reinforcements Blackboy Hill
7/02/1916- To 7th Training Battalion Zeitoun Egypt ex Australia
3/03/1916- Transferred 51st Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria Egypt
14/08/1916- Killed In Action Pozieres,  France

Service Medals Awarded

British War Medal – No. 30773

Victory Medal – No. 30591

Memorial Plaque & Scroll – No. 317250

Memorial Inscription

Yarloop War Memorial WA.

Villers-Brettoneux War Memorial France.