Arthur DAVIES

Regimental number1536
Date of birth23 September 1885
Place of birthBreconshire, Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMartin's Creek, North Coast Line, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinBrother, E Davies, 4 Cobbstown Houses, Talylln Junction, Breconshire, South Wales
Enlistment date7 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Discharge date2 July 1918
Other details

War service: disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, from Mudros, 9 January 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 23 March 1916.

Wounded in action, 3 May 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm); admitted to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 4 May 1917; transferred to England, 13 June 1917, and admitted to Lewisham Military Hospital, 15 June 1917 (wound, severe). Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 27 June 1917. Granted furlough, 17 September 1917, to report to No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 1 October 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Themistocles', 5 November 1917; discharged, 2 July 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Date of death14 December 1961
Age at death76
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales