Eowyn Hugh DAVIES MC

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DAVIES, Eowyn Hugh

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	23 February 1916
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	6th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1891
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Suicide from strychnine poisoning, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 13 November 1920, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Pres. P. 28.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Officer
2 Dec 1916:	Involvement Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
2 Dec 1916:	Embarked Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
16 Sep 1918:	Honoured Military Cross
13 Nov 1920:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1920-11-13

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Biography contributed

He was born Eowyn Labilliere Hugh DAVIES on 6th November, 1891 in Brighton, Victoria

His parents were John Hugh DAVIES & Elizabeth Jane KER who married in Victoria in 1881

He married Estelle Annie Maude WILLIAMS in Victoria in 1913 - two known daughters, Narcisse & Katharine Elizabeth

Eowyn died from strychnine poisoning (self administered) whilst suffering depression at his home on the corner of Albert St & Inkerman Rd in Caulfield

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