DAVIS, Thomas Geoffrey
| Service Numbers: | 2060, N457408 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
| Born: | Summer Hill, NSW, 19 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | 26 Robinson Street, Woolongong, NSW, 12 September 1962, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2060, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2060, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2060, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Apr 1943: | Involvement Gunner, N457408, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Enlisted Woolongong, NSW | |
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| 3 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N457408 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Russell DAVIS and Margaret Ann nee WINNING
He had been apprenticed to Chapman & Co, Druitt St, Sydney.
Appears to have enlisted under Alexander HEDGE 2060 in WW1 (unable to located records under either name)
As there was some confusion as to his service record - it seems to have been confused with that of another soldier - JE Barrett, Deputy Commissioner of the Repatriation Department contacted Thomas Davis in 1933 for clarification of his service record. This is his reply:
"I first enlisted in August 1914, embarked on 19/8/14 and went to Rabual where I suffered from Malaria Fever. I returned to Australia as escort for Prisoners and was discharged about February 1915.
"I again enlisted on 15/3/15 and served in Egypt then Gallipoli where I remained until 1915 when I suffered the effects of a shell explosion and was sent to Hospital, then evacuated to Egypt and finally returned to Australia and discharged on 29/6/16. I did not have any service during the war other than that mentioned above."
Mr Barrett summarised his service:
First enlistment:
Enlisted Sydney 6/8/14.
Embarked Sydney per "Berrima" 19/8/14
proceeded to Rabaul.
Returned to Australia as escort for prisoners and discharged in February 1915.
Second enlistment:
Enlisted Sydney 15/3/15.
Embarked Sydney per "Kyaina"
Returned per "Themistocles".
Discharged Sydney 29/6/16 suffering with neurasthenia.
His Aust. Naval and Military Expedition enlistment has similar information to the WW1 enlistment:
Thomas Geoffrey Davis No. 711 joined 11/8/1914, born Summer Hill, age 23, marine engineer app to Chapman & co (5 years), next of kin Mrs T. R. Davis, Koorali Awaba St, Mosman, no previous military service,
In September 1990 his daughter Betty Huxley wrote to ? for details of her father's military record, particularly the locations where he served, and mentioned that she had a diary he had written at the time.
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