Starkey, Valentine Montgomery

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Starkey, Valentine Montgomery Service Number 6086

Killed in Action 8th May 1917 Bullecourt, France

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NAME Starkey, Valentine Montgomery

SERVICE NO 6086

UNIT 4th Battalion 19

th Reinfs

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 9 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Mangrove Creek, Hawkesbury River, NSW

ADDRESS Mangs, Hawkesbury River

OCCUPATION Surveyor’s Chainman/ Orchardist

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 28 Jan 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE -

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Joseph Starkey, Mangrove Creek, Hawkesbury River

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’8”.Weight133lbs. Chest-32-34½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 22 Aug 1916 Sydney per A18 “Wiltshire”

DISEMBARKED 12 Oct 1916 Plymouth

NOTES Signed enlistment papers with his mark/

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 15 Oct 1916-Adm Hosp.- Scabies- Estaples

DIED 8 May 1917-Bullecourt

BURIED Not stated

MEDALS British War Medal-45714, Victory Medal-45191. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-324539.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL Beneficiary;- Sister Agnes Amy Elliott/ Executor Brother-in-law D’arcy Cecil St. George Elliott.

CORRESPONDENCE Sister;- Mrs Amy Elliott, Jersey St., Hornsby, NSW/ D C Elliott, Jersey St., Hornsby, NSW/

Sc Ancestry.com DOB 14 Mar 1894 reg Gosford parents Joseph Starkey b1850 & Emma Green 1857-1901 NSW BDM Birth reg 1894-13778 Gosford parents Joseph & Emma

Gosford Times 9

th May 1918

STARKEY – In sad but loving memory of our dear brother, Val, who was killed whilst fighting for King and Country at Bullecourt, France, May 8

th, 1917.

We pictured his safe returning, We longed to clasp his hand; But God has postponed our meeting, Till we meet in a better land. In a hero grave he’s sleeping. Inserted by his loving brother and sister-in-law, Herb and Gladys.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8089029

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