Felix Ralph Durling

Felix Ralph Durling

Personal Information
Date of Birth	unknown "unknown" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.
Place of Birth	Meopham, Gravesend, Kent, England
Death	17 Aug 1970
Place of Death	Mt Yokine, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	23 years, 1 month
Description	5'6" (1.68m) tall ; 122 lbs 55.338 kg ; ruddy complexion ; blue eyes ; brown hair
Occupation	Druggist's assistant
Religion	Protestant
Address	Kelmscott, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Albert Durling
Military Information
Reg Number	447
Date of Enlistment	7 Feb 1916 - 4 Jan 1917 "7 Feb 1916 - 4 Jan 1917" contains more than three components required for a date interpretation.
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	44th Battalion, B Company
Fate	Did not leave Australia
Monument	Kelmscott War Memorial on as T Durling

War Service

Served from 7 Feb 1916 till his medical discharge at 5th Military District on 4 Jan 1917. Soon after enlisting had a hernia operation in May 1916 at No 8 General Hospital, Fremantle that left residual problems with marching and drill.

Post War

1925 living in Government road, West Guildford with wife Besse Rennie, working as a packer (on the railways); 1949 a driver living in Salisbury street, Subiaco;.1963 "Golden Hours", Berkshire road, Forrestfield still driving, while 1968 roll has him retired at 117 Moulden Ave Yokine. Bessie died on 15 Aug 1972.

Son Ralph Alban Durling served in WW2 with Regimental No WX32079 in the 2nd AIF.

Notes

His older brother Maurice Alban (or Albert) Durling made an allotment from his pay of 4/- per day to him from the date of his embarkation. Maurice was Killed in Action as a member of the 51st Battalion during their attack on Mouquet Farm 14/16 Aug 1916.

Another brother Victor Emanuel Durling was WIA several weeks earlier on 10 Jul 1916 at Pozieres but returned to Australia.