William (Bill) DAVEY

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DAVEY, William

Service Number:	2521
Enlisted:	28 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Terowie, South Australia, 18 April 1897
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cleaner South Australian Railways
Died:	30 September 1976, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plaque only. Interment Status - Cancelled & Removed; Interment Right EXPIRY - 18/11/2001.
Memorials:	Terowie Institute Honour Board

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2521, 48th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2521, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2521, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
13 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2521, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Rootsweb ID I464433 Birth Record: 18 Apr 1897 in Terowie, South Australia

Father William DAVEY (b.12/12/1853 SA - d.23/5/1937 in Mile End, SA)
1st marriage: 7/12/1876 in Mannanarie, SA
Alice ROBINSON (b: 24/2/1857 in Black Springs, SA - d.29/8/1879 in Walloway, SA)
Sibling:
Frederick William Clark Wilkins DAVEY b: 19/10/1878 in Orroroo, SA

2nd marriage: 26/6/1882 in Saddleworth, SA
Mother: Lucy Jane TALL (b: 23/4/1861 in Willunga, SA - d.19/3/1949 Mile End SA)

Siblings:
Alfred Ernest DAVEY b: 28/4/1883 in Terowie, SA
Alice DAVEY   b: 10/11/1884 in Terowie, SA
Arthur DAVEY b: 26/4/1887 in Terowie, SA
Lilly DAVEY   b: 2/5/1889 in Terowie, SA
Emma DAVEY   b: 7/5/1891 in Terowie, SA
Amy DAVEY   b: 31/3/1895 in Terowie, SA
William DAVEY b: 18/3/1897 in Terowie, SA
Florence DAVEY b: 14/4/1900 in Terowie, SA
Archibald Colin DAVEY b: 14/1/1902 in Terowie, SA
Jack DAVEY b: 19/2/1904 in Terowie, SA

Brother: 1665 Arthur Davey
               Private in 50th Battalion
               15/2/1916 enlisted in Adelaide
               11/4/1916 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
               9/6/1917   killed in action, France
               "stated as buried: 3/4 mile Nth-East of Messines"
              NO KNOWN GRAVE
                His name is commemorated on Panel 29 at The Ypres MENIN GATE Memorial, Belgium.
                His name is commemorated on Panel 150 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Cousin: 9 Allan Isaac Davey
              21/7/1915 enlisted
              18/11/1915 embarked from Port Adelaide, SA, onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
              as a Sergeant in 32nd Battalion, A Company
              2nd Lieutenant in 32nd Battalion
              22/10/1917 killed in Action, Zillebeke
              buried in: Hoogee Crate Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
                              Plot: IV; Row: A; Grave: 2

Cousin:    4718 Horace Dearlove Edward Davey
               6/5/1915 enlisted
               Private in Australian General Hospital 3, Reinforcement 1
               15/6/1915 embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A62 Wandilla
               12/11/1916 returned to Australia onboard HT Wilstsire
               27/3/1917 embarked onbaord Militiades to England
               4/10/1917 gun shot wound right arm and leg (severe)
               24/1/1918 returned to Australia onboard HS Dunluce Castle
               12/9/1918 discharged from service

Previous service: 3 yrs Senior Cadets, transferred to Citizen Forces
1yr 78th Infantry - still serving on enlistment

Descibed on enlisting as 19yrs 3mths old; single; 5' 4.5" tall; 142 lbs; medium complexion;
hazel eys; brown hair; Methodist

28/7/1916 enlisted in Adelaide, SA

31/7/1916 appointed as Private to E Company, 2nd Battalion

28/8/1916 apointed to 5th reinf/48th Infantry Battalion, Mitcham Camp

28/8/1916     embarked from Port Adelaide, SA onboard HMAT A68 Anchises
                    as a Private in 5th reinforcements 48th Infantry Battalion
11/10/1916    disembarked into Devonport, England

11/10/1916 admitted to Devonport Military Hospital - slight sick
12/10/1916 marched out to 12th Training Battalion

27/10/1916 marched in to No.1 Command Depot, Perham Downs

28/12/1916   proceeded overseas to France, onboard HT Princess Clementine
                    ex Folkestone
29/12/1916   Etaples, France

27/2/1917 taken on strength of 48th Battalion, France

10/1/1918 granted leave to England
13/2/1918 returned to 48th Battalion, France - in the field

5/4/1918       gun shot wound left arm - received in action
6/4/1918       admitted to General Hospital
8/4/1918       admitted to Norfolk War (General) Hospital - Thorpe Gorwich

22/7/1918 On Command at Signal School, Codford, England

19/2/1919 returned to Australia onboard Orca
29/3/1919 disembarked into Adelaide, SA

13/5/1919 discharged from service

Total service: 2 years 292 days (2 years 221 days overseas)

Medals: British War medal (16498) and Victory medal (16410)

Married: Dorries
children: Don and Peter (6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren)

Last lived a 17 Dixon Street, Clarence Park, SA.

30/9/1976      passed away
cremated at:   Centennial Park Cemetery
                     Plaque only - Sir John McLeay Chapel
                     Interment Status - Cancelled & Removed
                     Interment Right EXPIRY - 18/11/2001

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 19/5/2016. Lest we forget.

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