Reuben Thomas Henry DAVIES

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DAVIES, Reuben Thomas Henry

Service Number:	549
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, 29 May 1892
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	St. Patrick’s Convent School, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Cerebro Spinal Fever, Borough Isolation Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England , 8 October 1919, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Weymouth Cemetery Plot number B. “C.” 2023
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Latrobe War Memorial, Launceston Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 549, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 549, 15th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
8 Oct 1919:	Involvement Private, 549, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 549 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Corps awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-10-08

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Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”

Reuben Thomas Henry Davies was born at La Trobe, Tasmania in 1892.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th October, 1916 as a 24 year old Jockey.

After arriving in England for further training he was sent to France & arrived in France on 7th September, 1917.

After the War ended Australian Troops had to wait for passage back to Australia. Private Davies arrived back in England from France on 12th May, 1919 as part of Quota 47.

He was admitted to Military Hospital at Weymouth on 1st July, 1919 with Cerebro Spinal Fever. He was transferred to Borough Isolation Hospital on 22nd July, 1919.

Private Reuben Thomas Henry Davies died 04.30 hrs on 8th October, 1919 at Borough Isolation Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England from Cerebro Spinal Fever.

He was buried in Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England.

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)

https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/weymouth.html

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