DAVIS, George Stanley
| Service Number: | 1289 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Karuah, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Karuah, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Karuah, Port Stephens Shire - New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) |
| Memorials: | Karuah Mul Wee Public School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1289, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1289, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1289, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1289, 36th Infantry Battalion, Belgium: GSW to left leg, back and hands | |
| 6 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1289, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1289, 34th Infantry Battalion, per Czaritza | |
| 1 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1289, 34th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the youngest of four children of George Joseph Davis (born 1859 in Port Stephens, NSW) and Cecilia (Celia) Banks (born 1863 at Wallace Farm in Port Stephens, NSW). George Snr, a Farmer and later an Oysterman, and Celia married in 1886 in Port Stephens, NSW and raised their family there.
George (Jnr) had been a Labourer and a Farmer when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916. A Private (Service No: 1289) served with the 34th, 33rd and 36th Infantry Battalions in Belgium and France, including the trenches of the Western Front - Ypres, the Battle of Messines at Broodsendie Ridge, Paschendale. Amiens around Villiers Brettoeux and Hangard Wood. WIA on three occasions, George was Discharged in 1920.
Older brother John had enlisted in the AIF in 1916, but was Discharged that year as Medically Unfit.
George returned to Port Stephens and later that year married Gladys Irene Cornell (born 1891 in Penrith, NSW). The family settled at Swan Bay in Karuah where George was an Oyster Lessee. George died in 1973 and Gladys in 1986.
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