Regimental number | 3295 |
Place of birth | Wallsend, New South Wales |
School | Public School |
Other training | Worcester College, Oxford, England |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Farquhar Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Rev. T. Davies, Farquhar Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "His brother enlisted in AIF and was wounded at Pozieres and returned to Australia, Albert Edwin Davies). His Brother-in-Law, Kenneth John Peter, enlisted in Railway .... and served three years in France and returned all well." Details from Father. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Peronne, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Place of burial | Hem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave 6), Hem-Monacu, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | 157Parents: The Rev. Thomas and Mrs Emma DAVIES, 132 Corunna Road, Petersham, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 4096 Pte Albert Edwin DAVIES, 20th Bn, returned to Australia; Brother-in-law: 176 Lance Corporal Kenneth John PETER, Australian Corps School, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919. |