DAVIES, Archibald Henry Clark
| Service Numbers: | 352, 2295 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cleveland, Redland, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Guard |
| Died: | Cleveland, Queensland, Australia, 2 June 1932, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 25-7-12/13 |
| Memorials: | Cleveland Shire Council Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 352, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 352, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 13 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 352, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 18, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 6 Mar 1902, discharged 13 Mar 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2295, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 2295, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1; Private S.N. 352, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War; and Corporal S.N. 2295, Railway Unit AIF, WW1.
His third given name is variously recorded as Clarke and Clark on different service and nominal roll documents.
When he enlisted in 1901 under Archibald Henry Clarke Davies in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father R. C. Davies, Red Hill, Brisbane. Note, the original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, records him with Clark as his third given name.
In 1917 he again enlisted for WW1 and on his Attestation Form, dated 19 Oct 1917, it is noted that; he was born at Maryborough on 26 Apr 1883; he was married and working as a railway guard; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Maude Mary Davies, Cleveland; and he had previously served in South Africa. While his Attestation Form and other documents on his service record show Clarke as his third given name, the embarkation roll etc record it as Clark.
Archibald Henry Clarke Davies (BDM Qld birth register) was born on 26 Apr 1883 at Maryborough, a son to Richard Clarke Davies and Alice Clara Davies (nee Kent). He married Maude Mary Ogilvie on 10 Oct 1906 at St Andrew's Church, South Brisbane. They resided at Cleveland and had 4 children.
(source- AWM boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 18; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; newspaper articles- see links).
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