Roland Herbert DAVIS

DAVIS, Roland Herbert

    Service Numbers: 2129, 2129
    Enlisted: 11 March 1915, Taroom, Queensland.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Upton Park, Essex, England, 1891
    Home Town: Jundah, Barcoo, Queensland
    Schooling: council school in Shute, Devonshire, England,
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Killed in action in the assault on Hill 971, Anzac, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Mar 1915: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2129, 15th Infantry Battalion, Taroom, Queensland.
    12 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2129, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
    12 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2129, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Brisbane
    8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2129, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Births Jun 1891   Davis Roland Herbert W. Ham 4a 214

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    His elder brother, Driver Walter Henry Davis, age 31, also fell. He served with "C" Battery 106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery~Service Number 209827.He left a widow,Caroline C. Davis, of North Lodge, Stanwick, Aldborough, Yorkshire.

    The brothers are remembered on the Balcombe War Memorial.

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