DAVIES, William Albert
| Service Number: | 1704 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Swans Port, Adelaide, South Australia, January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Murray Bridge Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 13th Australian Field Ambulance, In The Field, France , 4 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension plot VIII, row E, grave 24, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1704, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1704, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 1704, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1704 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-04 |
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The son of Mary Otto and Joseph Davies of Murray Bridge, William Albert Davies was born in Swans Port, South Australia in 1892. He had no siblings and grew up in Murray Bridge, South Australia. William Davies was a Methodist and went to Murray Bridge Public School. He later became a labourer and was single at the time of enlistment.
When William Davies was 22 years and 7 months old, he felt the pressure to enlist when the war broke out. William enlisted from the Nominal Roll on the 14 August 1915 and went to Egypt for training on the 28 August 1915. William Davies went to training in order to be able to fight in the 48th Infantry Battalion at Western Front.
He was wounded in action on 3 April 1918 and he was accepted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance. Alike many other heroes who fought at Western Front who have shown their loyalty not only to the country but also to the people living in their countries, he was destined not to survive. William Davies died of wounds on the 4 April 1918 when he was 25 years old. He was buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery (plot VIII, row E, grave 24) in France.
Medals:
Victory Medal as well as the British War Medal