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DAVIS, Francis Waterford

Service Number:	1079
Enlisted:	15 April 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 2 September 1894
Home Town:	Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Penguin to the Great War , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
12 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
21 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound - contusions to back
5 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW hand
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 26th Infantry Battalion, Le Barque area, France

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