William John (Little Billy ) DAVIES

DAVIES, William John

Service Number: 1155
Enlisted: 20 February 1915, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Koah, Kuranda, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1899
Home Town: Edmonton, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Wrights Creek State School, Edmonton, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Butcher
Died: Died of wounds, Palestine, 22 December 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery: Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Plot M, Row 48,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph
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World War 1 Service

20 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1155, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
16 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1155, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1155, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
4 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1155, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
22 Dec 1917: Involvement Trooper, 1155, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1155 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-12-22

William John Davies

William John Davies was born at Koah near Mareeba Queensland on the 15 February 1898 to John Davies and Elizabeth Griffith, he had one brother Richard George born 1899. The family lived at Wrights Creek near Edmonton. William attended the Wrights Creek State School.

On his enlistment in Cairns he was 18 years 1 month, occupation a butcher and next of kin was his father, Mr. John Davies of Edmonton. His height was 5 feet 5 inches, weighed 126 pounds with fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He gave his religion as Church of England.

Wounded in action on the 4 August 1916 William was later admitted to Military Hospital Fargo London with Bronchitis 17 August 1916 and returned to duties 18 August 1916.

William John Davies was admitted on the 22 December 1917 to the 77th Causality Clearing Station, Jaffa, Palestine, Turkey with a gunshot wound to his left thigh and died of wounds the same day. He was only 19 years and 10 months old when he was fatally wounded on One Tree Hill, Palestine. He was buried in the Ramleh Military Cemetery, HaMerkaz, Israel.

He was known by his squadron as “Little Billy” and a great favourite with everyone.

” He was highly esteemed by both his officers and his mates
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.

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