William Attwood DAVIES

DAVIES, William Attwood

Service Number: 2154
Enlisted: 29 April 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling: Mudgee Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Died of wounds, Egypt, 2 September 1915
Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2154, 4th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2154, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2154, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

2154 Private William Attwood Davies was shot in the head at Lone Pine on the 7 August 1915. He was evacuated dangerously ill and was so for over 3 weeks, before he died in Egypt on the 2 September 1915.

He was one of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21 July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training. They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and two days later into the Battle of Lone Pine.

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