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DAVIES, Edward Thorne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3083 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | 14 June 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3083, 21st Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3083, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3083, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 4 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 2 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion, France | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 26 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3083, 5th Pioneer Battalion, RTA 9 February 1919 and discharged as medically unfit (no other details). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Brother: 3080 Private Arthur John DAVIES, 5th Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia, 10 March 1918.