Frederick DAVIES

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Service Number:	973
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Marjorca, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Majorca, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Majorca, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - chest, At sea on board HS Galeka, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 41 Commemorated in the Craigie Cemetery, Victoria, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 973, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Marjorca, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 973, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 973, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 973, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to chest sustained at Courtney's Post. Evacuated to Egypt via HS Galeka however died of wounds later the same day and was buried at sea.

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Son of Evan Davies and Mary Sarah Davies nee Greenway of Kars Street, Maryborough, Victoria formerly of Craigie, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal