DAVIES, Frank
| Service Number: | 45 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 November 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maylands War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 45, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 45, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 45 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-07 | |
| 22 Dec 2014: | Embarked Private, 45, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Frank's history
Frank was born in 1895 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was the son of John Hudson Davies and Martha Parry. The family lived in Shropshire in the early years and in 1911 Frank was working as a cowman on his uncle James and aunt Ada's farm near Ellesmere. Frank's brother Denis died when he was 3 years old. Both John Hudson Davies and Martha Parry had come from quite wealthy families with farmland, but John was struggling financially (and had been in court as a debter and bankrupt in 1909 as a bookmaker in Shrewsbury). The family left for Freemantle, Australia sailing on the Otway on 25 May 1911. His family set up firstly a small shop in James Street Perth, then successfully ran the Railway Refreshment Rooms and Midland Hotel in Mogumber.
Frank worked as a barman at the Central Hotel until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 8 September 1914
Frank served as Corporal in the 16th Battalion and was killed in action on 7 November 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Submitted 11 May 2021 by rhiannon urquhart
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