DAVIES, William
| Service Number: | 8805 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915, 1st Bn Manchester Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stain glass artist |
| Died: | Charlestown, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-170. 21. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 8805, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 1st Bn Manchester Regiment | |
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| 16 Nov 1915: | Involvement Bombardier, 8805, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1915: | Embarked Bombardier, 8805, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 7 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8805, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (bronchopneumonia) |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
79 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 6th July 1945, Sergeant William Davies, 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-8805), stain glass artist from 17 Greenbank Street, Marrickville, New South Wales and Charlestown, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. ANGLICAN 3-170. 21.
Born at Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom about April 1890 to George and ? Davies from Whallen Street, Salford, England, Will enlisted on the 7th August 1915 with the 2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on the 16th November 1915.
Admitted to hospital 31.8.1916 (bronchopneumonia).
Embarked for England 5.9.1916.
Granted furlough from 13.11.1916 to 28.11.1916.
Commenced return to Australia 1.11.1917.
Will arrived home on the 3th January 1918, being discharged medically unfit (bronchopneumonia) on the 7th February 1918.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. Davies’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Marrickville War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 5/7/1945.
Officially commemorated 25.9.1945 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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