DAVIES, William Bramwell
| Service Number: | 105 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1914, An original of A squadron |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Somersetshire, England, 29 April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commission agent |
| Died: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 105, 6th Light Horse Regiment, An original of A squadron | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 105, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 105, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Ordnance Corps AIF | |
| 13 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Ordnance Corps AIF | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Army Ordnance Corps AIF | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 105, Army Ordnance Corps AIF, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps | |
| 8 Jul 1917: | Discharged Royal Flying Corps, Resigned his commission in the Royal Flying Corps | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 105, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Reenlisted in London back into the AIF, given rank of Sergeant | |
| 8 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 15 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Davies served on Gallipoli from 15th May 1915 with the 6th LHR till evacuated sick late October 1915. He transferred to Army Ordnance soon after and later in France transferred to Royal Flying Corps training in late 1916. He was discharged from the AIF during March 1916 and given the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the RFC but he resigned his commission in July 1917 and rejoined the AIF in London on 30 July 1917. He was soon made 2nd Lieutenant in the 6 MG Company then Lieutenant 6 MG Company on 1 January 1918. He was wounded in action during August 1918, shrapnel wounds to the face and chest, and evacuated to England. Davies returned to Australia 17 March 1919.
Biography contributed by Michelle Maddison
On his return to Australia, William set up a real estate agency with his brother Thomas at The Rock. After marrying Vera Jean Hore, he moved to Wagga in the early 1920s and became a distributor for the firm Dalgety & Co. (1925) before joining the firm Hore & Davies, where he remained until his retirement in about 1956.
Vera and William had five children – Thomas, Robert, Jean, Helen and Elizabeth.
William was a foundation member of Wagga Legacy, a member of the committee for the Far West Health Scheme, an elder at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, member of the council of the Tulloch Memorial Hostel, committee member of the Riverine Club and secretary of the Graziers’ Association.
He died at Calvary Hospital in December 1956 at the age of 71.
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