DAVIES, Thomas
| Service Number: | 302 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Oaklands South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Millicent South Australia Australia, 11 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands South Australia Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Geelong (A2) | |
| 6 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 302, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, Service Number: 302 Rank: Private Roll title: 27 Infantry Battalion (May 1915) Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 Date of embarkation: 31 May 1915 Place of embarkation: Adelaide, Australia Ship embarked on: HMAT Geelong A2 |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
302 Thomas Llewellyn DAVIES was born at Millicent, South Australia, on 10 June 1894. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 21 January 1907 by his father, Thomas Davies, a foundryman of Railway Terrace, Mount Gambier. He left school on 1 November 1907.1
He enlisted on 15 December 1914 (22, labourer, single, Methodist) naming his mother, M.A. Davies of Rosaville, Mount Gambier, as his next of kin, having previously been rejected in August because his chest measurement had been too small. He embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Geelong’ on 31 May 1915 as a Private attached to B Company of the 27th Battalion.
He served on Gallipoli from September 1915 when the 27th Battalion was sent there and disembarked at Alexandria in Egypt on 10 January 1916 after the evacuation of Gallipoli. He embarked from Egypt for the Western Front on 15 March and disembarked at Marseilles in France on 21 March. He was involved in the battalion’s attack at Pozieres in late July and early August 1916 and after a visit to England on leave from 7 October 1916, he re-joined his unit on 19 October.
On 18 April 1917 he went absent without leave for several months and was subsequently court martialled for desertion, found guilty, and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour. When the war ended he was discharged from prison, the remainder of his sentence being suspended. He was marched out to England on 7 January 1919, left England for return to Australia on the ‘Ceramic’ on 25 January, disembarked on 6 March 1919, and returned to Mount Gambier on Tuesday 18 March by train with another soldier where he was publicly welcomed home at the Town Hall. He was discharged from the AIF on 6 May 1919.
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
Biography
Surname: DAVIES; Given Names: Thomas; Date of Birth: 11 January 1892; Date of Enlistment: 15 December 1914; Trade or Calling: Labourer; Birth Location: Millicent; Address prior to enlistment: Roseairlle Mt Gambier; Photograph sent by: Mrs M A Davies
Source: State Records SA
Davies Thomas : SERN 302 : POB Millicent SA : POE Oaklands SA : NOK M Davies M A
1914/15 Star 8864
British War Medal 11430
Victory Medal 11329
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