Avery, Lawrence
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Sept. 19, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Camp Upton, N.Y.
* Camp Greene, N. Car[olina].
* Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va.
* on Return, Camp Merritt
* Camp Dix, N.J.
Units to which belonged:
* 4th Inf[antry Regiment]. at Newport New
* 302 Ammunition Train, Camp Upton
* Co. L, 58 Inf[antry Regiment], Camp Greene, N.C.
Date of trip overseas: April 6th to 16th 1918
Service there:
* 16 months
* 8 months on the Rhine, Army of Occupation, with 3rd Division, 4th Infantry [Regiment]
Date of return: Aug. 29, 1919
Date of demobilization: Aug. 31, 1919
Honors received:

 

 

NOTES
Camp Upton (Longwood's Journey)
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/uptonhome.htm

The Doughboys & Camp Greene, Mecklenburg County, NC, 1917-1918
(Charlottesville-Mecklenburg Library)
http://www.cmstory.org/ww1/

Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Va. (U.S. Army. Medical Department.
Office of Medical History) -- refers to Camp Stuart
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/wwivoliv/chapter7.htm

Camp Stuart (Historical Marker Database)
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=33951

[Camp Merritt, NJ - photos] (Bergen County Historical Society)
http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/campmerrittphotos.html

Camp Merritt (NJ) Libraries in WWI (Library History Buff Blog)
http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/2012/01/camp-merritt-nj-libraries-in-wwi.html

Camp Dix - World War 1 Cantonment - A.E.F. Training Center - NJ (GG
Archives)
http://www.gjenvick.com/Military/ArmyArchives/TrainingCenters/CampDix/index.html#ixzz2h3KfOXyl

4th Infantry Regiment (United States) (Wikipedia) -- see segment on WWI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#World_War_I

Laurance E. Bucknam, 302nd Ammunition Train - 77th Division Transcribed by
Laura Goeller (Longwood's Journey)
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/bucknam.htm

58th Infantry Regiment(United States) (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)

A Summary History of the 3rd Infantry Division (Military Vet Shop.com)
http://www.militaryvetshop.com/History/3rdInfantry.html

Occupation of the Rhineland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Rhineland

Allied Offensive Operations, July-November 1918 and Occupation of Rhineland
(Guide: World War I Resources)
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=2585