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Hector Carey DAVIES

Regimental number62
Place of birthEncounter Bay, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoolwa, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Henry John Davies, Goolwa, South Australia
Enlistment date9 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 February 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 March 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 778 Pte Henry Edward DAVIES, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, accidentally killed, 20 January 1917.
Other details

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

Date of death23 August 1963
Age at death68
Place of burialRiverton General Cemetery, South Australia

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