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Surname: DAW
Christian Names: Wickham Charles Edwin
Date & Place of Birth: 19th May, 1893, Kingscote KI
Birth index
Birth index
Given Name(s): Wickham Charles Edwin
Last Name: DAW
Birth Date: 1893, May 19
Gender: M
Father: Arthur DAW
Mother: Clara Emma CALNAN
Birth Place/Residence: Brownslow Kangaroo Island
District: Yankalilla
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Book/Page: 524/68
Service Number: 2260
Service Unit: 6/10th Battalion
Date & Place of Enlistment: 19th May, 1915, Keswick, Adelaide, aged 22
Profession prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Date of Return to Aust. & Date of Discharge: Ret, 23rd March, 1918, Disch. 8th April, 1918
Nature of Casualty: WIA 20th September, 1917, GSW Face
Next of Kin (NOK) Address
Father: Arthur Daw (1859 - 1949)
Mother: Clara Emma Daw (nee Calnan) (1872 - 1949)
Brother(s): John Hartley (S/No 4280) (1897 - 1981)
Marriage Index
Marriage Index
Groom Given Name(s): Wickham Edwin
Groom Last Name: DAW
Bride Given Name(s): Una Florence
Bride Last Name: SECOMBE
Marriage Date: 1924, February 05
Marriage Place: St Pauls Church Port Adelaide
Groom Age: 30
Groom Approx. Birth Year: 1894
Groom Marital Status: S
Groom Father: Arthur DAW
Bride Age: 25
Bride Approx. Birth Year: 1899
Bride Marital Status: S
Bride Father Name: William SECOMBE
District: Port Adelaide
Symbol:
Book/Page: 298/334
Service
Service
Egypt: Yes
Gallipoli: Yes
France: Yes
Campaign Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank: Private
Kingscote Honour Board Yes
Penneshaw Honour Board yes
KI Connection: Born KI, Lived KI
Farewell social for Pte W. E. Daw
VALEDICTORY. (1915, June 26). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189513858
Ill in Egypt. |
Islanders will regret to hear that word was recently received by Mr A. Daw from his son, Wick, stating that he has been on the sick list since landing in Egypt and that it is probable that he will return to Adelaide shortly.
ILL IN EGYPT. (1915, September 4). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189508691
Death notice
Given Name(s): Wickham Edwin
Surname: DAW
Death Date: 1978, November 12
Age: 85 y
Publication Date: 1978, November 14
Publication: Advertiser
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3492347 plus 26 additional documents
The 1914 Kingscote Football Cub premiership team: Back: Harry Giles, Leo Lamphrey, S. Warne, Alf Trinsdorf, Fred Jones, Cyril Carter, Bill Murray, A. Forsyth, R. Carter. Middle: Hugh Snelling, T. Thomas, Charlie Anderson Sr., Wick Daw (holding ball), Dave Murray, Oscar Scherer, Vic Boothey, F. Burdon, (white shirt - unknown). Front: Mervyn Smith, Wilf Northcott, Dave Clark, Hartley Daw, Wally Bowman. Photo and names courtesy the late Jim Tiggemann.
Regular visitors to the island for the KI Racing Carnival are Arthur Daw and his wife Kay.
Mr Daw’s father was Wickham Daw, who was born in 1892 and is pictured in the Kingscote Football Club 100 Great Years book on page 38, when he captained the Kingscote team to the 1914 premiership.
Wickham Daw answered the call and joined the 10th Battalion in 1914, and he was in the Gallipoli landing in 1915.
He was then sent to the Western Front and once wounded, was repatriated to Middlesex in England before returning to Australian in 1917.
Arthur Daw was born in 1925 in Alberton and his parents moved to Kangaroo Island. In those early days his father made a living cutting Yacka gums.
The family lived in Dauncey Street in the house that is now known as Century 21’s business premises.
Arthur joined the Navy when he was 18 and after four years on frigates and destroyers, he returned to Adelaide to gain an economics degree, and he went on to have a career in various government departments including education and finance.
Arthur Daw said his father’s injuries left him with facial damage and he is pleased to have the photo from the Kingscote Football Club book as it shows his father before he went to war.
While his father never spoke of his experiences, he did once say “It’s a miracle any of us ever got out alive”
Kleinig Ref: {1464}
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