William Edwin DAVIS

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Service Numbers:	1096, Officer
Enlisted:	15 August 1914, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

15 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement 1096, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked 1096, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
28 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 May 1915:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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Son of Edwin Davis and Virginia Davis nee Darling.

Husband of Maud Davis nee Joyce of 8 Mount Street, Prahran, Victoria. Maud and William were married in 1892c

Father of David Angus Davis, Ethel Virginia Davis, Annie Joyce Davis, Ted Davis and Arthur Roy Davis

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal