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Adolphus Colston DAVIS

Regimental number3418
Place of birthGloucestershire England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWondai, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Davis, Firing Close Cottage, Gloucestershire, England
Enlistment date17 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 March 1919
Date of death9 March 1921
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialToowong Cemetery (Portion 7A, Section 61, Allotment 17), Brisbane, Queensland
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Repatriation Department, Queensland, stated that death was due to war service.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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