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DAVIS, William Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 76 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 4 February 1870 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Brighton, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 8 May 1915, aged 45 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row C, Grave No. 18, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 76, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 76, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 76, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Walter Davis served as a Trooper in the 1st Tasmanian Bushmen during the Boer War. He was one of the first to enlist in Tasmania for WW1. He served at the landing on Gallipoli and suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen on 2 May 1915. He was evacuated to Egypt and died of wounds on the 8 May 1915 in the Deaconess Hospital in Alexandria. He was 45 years of age.
His medals were awarded to his 10-year-old son as William’s wife had died very shortly after the son was born.