Lancelot Rawes DAVIES

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DAVIES, Lancelot Rawes

Service Number:	3296
Enlisted:	30 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annandale, NSW, 18 March 1891
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Leichhardt Public School
Occupation:	Salesman / Clerk
Died:	14 December 1971, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3296, 13th Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW
12 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3296, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3296, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of the late G H and Mrs. M B DAVIES, 34 Austenham Road, Leichhardt, NSW

Lancelot saw serivce in Egypt and France and was buried with several companons while in the dugout at Moquet Farm. After extricating himself he dug his mates out, all in an exhausted condition. Taken prisnoer of War at Reincourt 11 April 1917 and interned in Limburg, Fridrichsfeld and Parchim German. He was released after the signing of the Armistice and arrived in England 26 December 1918 after being held prisoner for one year and eight months.

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