217589 Pte. David Watson Izatt Australian Army Medical Corps 2nd Australian General Hospital from:Australia David Watson Izatt was born in 1889 near Greengairs, Lanarkshire in Scotland. Prior to enlisting, he described his occupation as being a sailor. He enlisted with the Australian Army Medical Corps at Victoria Barracks, Sydney on 12th October 1914. About six weeks later he departed Sydney aboard HMAT Kyarra with other members of the 2nd Australian General Hospital.
Izatt served at both Gallipoli and on the Western Front. He was in the last party of Army Medical Corps to leave Gallipoli at 3am on 20th December 1915. Although Izatt was assigned to the 2nd Australian General Hospital, he found himself attached to several other units in the course of the war for varying periods of time. These included the 1st Casualty Clearing Station, the 10th Casualty Clearing Station and the 15th Casualty Clearing Station. David Izatt embarked at Taranto to return to Australia on 8th October 1918.
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