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DAVIS, Roy George Campbell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 720 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1914, 2nd Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Marrangaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Pulmonary oedema, Auburn, New South Wales Australia, 24 April 1960, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements | |
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| 5 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Saldanha, Sydney | |
| 5 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Served in dismounted role in support of 3rd Infantry Brigade. | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba, Took part with ANZAC Mounted Division. | |
| 7 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Sustained a "bomb wound to temple, & concussion" as a result of air raid by 8 enemy planes in Jericho. | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked in Kantara Egypt aboard HMHS "Madras", for return to Australia. Disembarked in Sydney on 3rd August. | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements | |
| 3 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 720, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged in 2nd Military District Sydney, due to termination of his period of enlistment. |
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