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James DAVIS

Regimental number3289
Place of birthWest Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolFaraday State School, Carlton, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMachinist
Address234 Madeline Street, Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 4.25"
Weight115 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Davis, 234 Madeline Street, Carlton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 62nd Senior Cadets; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Robert and Caroline DAVIS. Native of Carlton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to 58th Bn, and taken on strength, 17 February 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 890706: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DAVIS James
Red Cross File No 890706

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