James Winfield DAVIS

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Service Numbers:	2650, 2850
Enlisted:	24 June 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 19 August 1897
Home Town:	Talbot, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Talbot State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk (Victorian Railways)
Died:	Died Of Wounds (Gas), France, 22 April 1918, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P. Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. 3A
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2650, 59th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2850, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2850, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
9 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company, France
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2650, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Polygon Wood
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2650, 5th Divisional Signal Company, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed at Villers-Bretonneux. Evacuated to the 5th General Hospital at Rouen, where he died of his wounds on 22 April 1918.
22 Apr 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 2650, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2650 awm_unit: 5th Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-04-22

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Saper 2650 James Winfield Davis was Gassed at Villers-Bretonneux on 17 April 1918.

He was evacuated to the CCS and then via hospital train to the 5th General Hospital at Rouen, where he later died of his wounds on 22 April 1918.