DAVIES, Graham Gordon Bracebridge
| Service Number: | 1654 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Military Mental Hospital (Mont Park), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1654, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1654, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 27 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1654, 9th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD (MU dementia) |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 1654/1652 Private Graham Gordon Bracebridge Davies of Kew, Victoria had been engaged in farming when he enlisted for War Service on the 2nd February 1915 whilst in Brisbane, Queensland, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 9th Battalion 1st AIF.
Graham was embarked for Egypt and further training, departing from Australia on the 13th of February. By the 25th of May Graham had arrived in the trenches of Gallipoli where he was officially taken on strength by his Battalion. Graham’s time on the Peninsular would be a short but harrowing one with his being evacuated for medical treatment due to his having a complete breakdown.
On the 9th of June Graham arrived for hospitalisation on Malta where he was cited that he was in a demented state and that he was to be invalided back to Australia for which he was embarked for his return on the 5th of October. Following his return to Australia Graham received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 27th of April 1916 for his re-entry into civilian life. Graham was never to regain his mental health and he was committed into the Military Mental Hospital (Mont Park) on the 15th of December 1920, diagnosed as suffering from dementia.
On the 7th of September 1935 Graham passed whilst still in residence and following his premature death Graham was interred within his family’s collective burial site within Preston Cemetery, Victoria.
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