George Henry DAVIES

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DAVIES, George Henry

Service Number:	1094
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Much Wenlock, England, 1888
Home Town:	Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tewkesbury Grammar School
Occupation:	Missionary
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1094, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
13 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1094, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1094, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
12 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1094, 36th Infantry Battalion, Warneton

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1094 Private George Henry Davies, 36th Battalion, of Coffs Harbour, NSW. A native of Shropshire, England, Pte Davies was a missionary prior to enlistment and embarked from Sydney with D Company on HMAT Beltana on 13th May 1916. On 12th July 1917 he was killed in action in Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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