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Thomas DAVIS

Regimental number2103
Place of birthOxford, England
OccupationLabourer
Age at embarkation29.1
Height5' 5.5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMother, Sophia Davis, 48 Taynson Street, Burford, Oxfordshire, England
Previous military serviceServed for 13 years 3 months in Royal Field Artillery, British Army. See other entry for second period of service.
Enlistment date2 September 1914
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board TRANSPORT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Brigade Ammunition Column
FateReturned to Australia 3 September 1915
Discharge date6 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Transferred to Heavy Battery, Gallipoli, 23 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 6 August 1915 (bullet wound, right leg); transferred to No 2 General Hospital, Ghezireh, Cairo, 15 August 1915.

Commenced return to Australia (invalided) from Suez on board HT 'Ulysses', 3 September 1915; discharged (medically unfit), 6 June 1916.

War service: 1 year 274 days (of which 359 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
Date of death13 January 1939
Age at death53
Place of burialAIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, DAVIS Thomas

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