DAVIS, Frederick Herbert
| Service Number: | 4661 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Sans Souci, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 24 January 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Proserpine General Cemetery, Qld NP4 Grave 148 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4661, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4661, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4661, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
Fred
FREDERICK HERBERT DAVIS
4661 12/30th Battalion.
Born 1898 in Newtown, N.S.W to Herbert Edward & Ethel May Harris.
Enlisted 14.1.1916 apparently aged 20 years & 11 months at West Maitland, N.S.W. but he was under 18 years. He re-enlisted on 23.11.1916 at the age of 18 years & 4 months at the Liverpool Camp.
On 25.11.1916 embarked from Sydney aboard the Beltana.
27.12.1917 sent to France to join up with the 30th Battalion.
1.11.1918 to signals school.
21.2.1919 discharged.
12.11.1925 Married Vera Louisa Postance.
At the time of his death he was working as a cook on South Molle Island.
Died 24.1.1970 and buried in Proserpine Old Cemetery, section NP4 Grave 148.
Submitted 2 January 2025 by Lyn Burke
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Herbert Edward DAVIS & Ethel May nee HARRIS, Kogarah Bay, Sans Souci, New South Wales
At the time of his death he was working as a cook on South Molle Island.
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