Charles DAVIS DCM MID

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Service Number:	457
Enlisted:	27 August 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tewkesbury Gloucestershire England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Memorials:

27 Aug 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 457, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 457, 1st Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 457, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
5 Jun 1915:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 'For great gallantry on the 5th June 1915, during the operations near Gaba Tepe (Dardanelles). He was one of a small party who led by an Officer and under heavy fire, made a direct attack on a machine gun, which was destroyed.' Source: 'London Gazette' No. 8844 Date: 6 September 1915
5 Nov 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29354 (5 November 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 12 (27 January 1916).
25 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 457, 1st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW (variously gunshot wound OR General Shrapnel Wound) right foot resulting in compound fracture of the tarsal bones.
15 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 457, No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital , Southall (WW1), Following sepsis infection, right foot amputation
11 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 457, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged in the United Kingdom

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