Richard Roy DAVIS

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DAVIS, Richard Roy

Service Number:	1645
Enlisted:	6 January 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 27 June 1893
Home Town:	Ranelagh, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 46, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1645, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1645, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1645, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Michael Davis and Louisa Davis of Ranelagh, Tasmania. Brother of Eric James Victor Davis who was killed in action on 2 May 1915 while serving with the 12th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears of the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 35

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

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Richard had been reported as missing at Gallipoli on 9 May 1915, and his death was confirmed until over a year later by a court of enquiry.

Richard’s 19-year-old brother 1049 Private Eric James Victor Davis 12th Battalion AIF had been reported killed in action the week before, on 2 May 1915.

Their father, a storekeeper in Ranelagh, Tasmania was not satisfied with reports from the AIF regarding the death of Richard and sent them copies of two letters he had received indicating that Richard had been killed at pretty much the same place and same time as Colonel Clarke of the 12th Battalion. Colonel Clarke had been shot dead near the top of the cliffs at the Sphinx on the 25 April 1915.

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