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Frank Watts DAVIS

Regimental number1524
Place of birthWilcannia, New South Wales
SchoolWilcannia and Broken Hill Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFisherman
AddressPort Lincoln, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Kelly, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Enlistment date3 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Recommendation date: 19 August 1916

FateKilled in Action 2 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row K, Grave No. 46), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martha Kelly (formerly DAVIS), Port Lincoln, South Australia, and the late Frank Watts DAVIS. Native of Wilcannia, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: Pte T.R. Davis, killed at Gallipoli on 6th August, 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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