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DAVIES, William Attwood
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2154 |
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| 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, Egypt Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, Mosman Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2154, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.