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Lawson DAVIS

Regimental number2985
Place of birthKurrajong, New South Wales
SchoolKurrajong State School, Kurrajong, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressKurrajong, New South Wales
Marital statusDivorced
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, James Davis, Kurrajong, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and mary Ann DAVIS. Born at Kurrajong, New SouthWales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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