DAVIES, Harry Randolphe
| Service Number: | 412 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Tuberculous, Pleurisy and Bronchitis, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 March 1919, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN_1 · 67 · 79 |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 412, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 412, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 412, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 23 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 412, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
101 years ago today, on the 10th March 1919, Private Harry Randolph Davies, 30th Battalion, carter from Donald Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 40 Winship Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., father of four, was laid to rest with a military funeral at Sandgate Cemetery, age 28. ANGLICAN 1-67. 79.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139646198
Born at Croydon, New South Wales on the 25th January 1891 to Taliesen (Talliesin) Rees and Ellen Elizabeth Davies; husband of Nellie (Nettie, Netta) Florence Davies nee Woollett (married 1912, later as PARKER, died?) of 19 Lawson Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. and Harrow Road, Enmore, N.S.W., Harry enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 23.5.1916 (intestinal toxaemia), 8.2.1918 (myalgia and trench fever), Harry was eventually invalided home May 1918 with tuberculous.
His name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor and the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll.
On the 8th March 1919, Mr Davies passed away with tuberculous pleurisy and bronchitis.
The Newcastle Morning Herald reported Harry’s funeral.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139645433
The funeral of Private Harry Randolph Davies left 40 Winship Street yesterday for the Church of England cemetery, Sandgate. The pall-bearers were six returned soldiers.
The chief mourners were mother and father, Mrs. Leslie Amm, Miss Davies, and Norma Davies.
The deceased, who was 28 years of age, and late of the 30th Battalion, returned to Australia on the 28th May, 1918, after 3 years and 4 months service in Egypt, Belgium and France.
As a member of the 30th Battalion, the deceased was in several big battles during WWI. His brother, Trooper Mervyn Davies, saw service in Palestine.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139420711
Unfortunately, Mr Davies has not been listed on the Australian Roll of Honour.
Harry’s service record states Died after Discharge, so I submitted an application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque April 2017, and this was accepted September 2018.
A Plaque was installed in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, July 2019.
Younger brother Mervyn L (Reg No-1585, 2nd Remount Unit, born 1894, died 1974) also served 1st A.I.F.
I would certainly like to make contact with descendants of Mr Davies for photos and further information.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=442151#2
Lest We Forget.
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