Levi Thomas DURBRIDGE

Regimental number4702
Place of birthMundalla, South Australia
SchoolMundulla Public School, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressMundalla, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.7
Height5' 11"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Durbridge, Mundalla, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was well spoken of by the Colonel and Captain of his Battalion. They said he was in the act of consolidating his position having had his men in a gallant fight for about 10 miles when he met his death and as a soldier and a man was the highest of rank respected and liked by all ranks. (Mother)
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row F, Grave No. I), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Levi and Elizabeth DURBRIDGE, Mundalla, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1906 Pte Thomas Bernard DURBRIDGE, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 9 February 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Accidentally wounded, 9 June 1917 (bullet wound, right leg)

Wounded in action, Belgium, 5 October 1917 (shell wound, back).

Wounded in action (second occasion: shell wound, head), 9 August 1918.

Died of wounds, 9 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DURBRIDGE Levi Thomas