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DAVIS, William McIntyre

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	9 February 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1888
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fitter - later Mining and Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1963, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated
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World War 1 Service

9 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane
12 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion
26 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
24 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 25th Infantry Battalion
11 Jul 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battle for Pozières
13 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Battle for Pozières , For consistent and general good work as Adjutant from March to September 1916 and particularly during the attacks on Pozieres Ridge on 28/29 July and 4/5 August 1916 by assiduity and devotion to duty under trying circumstances he proved himself invaluable to his Battalion and contributed materially to the successful outcome of the attack.
19 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), Shrapnel wound thigh
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, 26th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 26th Infantry Battalion
21 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 26th Infantry Battalion

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