DAVIS, Herbert William
| Service Number: | 2807 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 9 April 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2807, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2807, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2807, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Herbert William Davis was the son of Herbert and Ann Davis. His parents both passed away during 1912 so he gave his next of kin as his brother, Frank Davis of Leederville, Western Australia.
He enlisted at the same time he would have heard of the death of his brother, 3043 Pte. George Patrick Davis 51st Battalion AIF, who was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916.
Just after Herbert arrived in England, another brother, 6038 Pte. Septimus Augustus Davis 11th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Bullecourt on 10 April 1917.
Herbert arrived on the Western Front in July 1917 and was severely wounded in Belgium a few months later. Evacuated to England he was soon after returned to Australia with a shrapnel wound which had fractured his ankle.