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DAVIS, Fergus

Service Numbers:	3478, 3478B
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Reynella, South Australia, 6 September 1895
Home Town:	O'Halloran Hill, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - commemorated on the Australian National War Memorial France - Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Happy Valley War Memorial, Morphett Vale Old Reynella School Roll of Honor, O'Halloran Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
12 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3478, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3478, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
24 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3478B, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3478B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.