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James Winfield DAVIS

Regimental number2650
Place of birthTalbot, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationJunior clerk
AddressTalbot, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Thomas Davis, Commercial Road, Talbot, Victoria
Enlistment date24 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Signal Company
FateDied of wounds 22 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P. Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. 3A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alice DAVIS, Commercial Road, Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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