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DAVIS, William Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5085 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916, To A Company 20th Depot Bn Castlemaine for initial training then, Allocated to 16th reinforcement’s 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 23rd March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balranald, New South Wales, Australia , 1896 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Balranald State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman/Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1949 |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Grave I/342/N |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 5th Infantry Battalion, To A Company 20th Depot Bn Castlemaine for initial training then, Allocated to 16th reinforcement’s 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 23rd March 1916 | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5085, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5085, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 24 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Reallocated from 2nd Training Battalion (5th Bn reinforcement’s) to 15th Training Battalion (57th Battalion) Egypt | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France. Ex 5th Australian Division Base Depot France ( 57th Bn reinforcement’s) | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, Trench Foot severe evacuated to 38th Casualty Clearance Station then to 2nd General Hospital Le Havre France for treatment and convalescence. | |
| 16 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Battalion ex Convalescence Depot France | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Evacuated to England, Cellulitis severe left foot and toes for treatment and convalescence till 9th November 1917 | |
| 18 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Battalion in the field France | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Evacuated Battle Fatigue to 10 th General Hospital Rouen France for treatment and convalescence | |
| 2 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5085, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit ex HT Main returned 11th October 1919. |
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William Edward Davis promoted to Superintendent of Police as Head of the Criminal Investigation Branch Victorian Police on 20th July 1946.