DAVIES, Myrddyn
| Service Number: | VX22744 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Neath, Wales, 3 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 20 March 1966, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria The Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744 | |
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| 15 Oct 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744, embarked Melbourne for Palestine | |
| 15 Jan 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744, Bomb splinter in front of neck | |
| 30 Mar 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744, embarked from Palestine for Greece | |
| 6 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned PoW No: 09920 Held Stalag 383; Stalag XIII-C; Oflag III-C | |
| 24 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744, embarked England for Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX22744 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Myrddyn Davies (Service No:VX22744) enlisted in the AIF on 5 June 1940, and was attached to 2/8 Field Coy when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Palestine on 15 October 1940. Corporal Davies was WiA in Egypt on 15 January 1941 - bomb splinter to the front of his neck - and on 30 March 1941 he emarked with his Unit from Palestine for Greece. On 6 June 1941 Corporal Davies was reported as Missing, and officially confirmed as a PoW (PoW No:09920) held by the Germans at Stalag XIII-C on 11 November 1941. Corporal Davies was held at Stalag 383, Stalag XIII-C and Oflag III-C before being Recovered on 11 May 1945 and transported to England. Private Davies then embarked from England for Sydney on 24 July 1945, and was attached to 2/8 Field Coy at Discharge on 18 October 1945.
Myrddyn (aka Mervyn) was born in Neath, Wales in 1909, second of three children of Morgan Davies (b1883 in Glamorgan, Wales) and Sarah Curtis (b1882 in Glamorgan, Wales). Morgan (a Grocer) and Sarah married in Glamorgan in 1903, and immigrated with their two eldest children in 1912, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria on board the Militiades. Morgan and Sarah lived in Kyabram, Bunyip and Pyangle, where Morgan was a Farmer. In 1925 the family moved to Mildura, where Morgan was a Newsagent, and served as a Justice of the Peace, member of the Chamber of Commerce and President of Mildura Rotary Club. In the mid 1930s, Morgan and Sarah moved their family to the WA Goldfields - Norseman and Esperance - where Morgan worked cyaniding gold tailings. In the mid 1940s Morgan and Sarah retired to Mornington, Victoria.
Myrddyn worked as a Shop Assistant in Mildura where, in 1932, he married Nancie Claire Hudson (b1911 in Mildura, Victoria). Myrddyn and Nancie moved to Norseman, WA where Myrddyn worked as a Miner. In 1940, when he enlisted in the Army, Myrddyn and Nancie were living in Mildura and Myrddyn gave his occupation as Motor Mechanic. Following his Discharge, Myrddyn and Nancie settled in Irymple, Mildura where Myrddyn was a Newsagent and then Horticulturalist. Nancie died in 1982 and Myrddyn in 1996.
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