DAVIS, Harrold Fosbery Consett
| Service Numbers: | NX203938, NX73645 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Army HQ |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 23 June 1913 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Botanist/Biologist & University Lecturer |
| Died: | Accidental, New Guinea, 11 December 1944, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery J B 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX203938 | |
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| 3 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), NX73645 | |
| 1 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX73645, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment | |
| 26 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX203938 | |
| 11 Dec 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX203938, 1st Australian Army HQ, 1st Australian Army Tropical Research |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harrold Fosbery Consett DAVIS was born in Sydney on 23rd June 1913
His parents were Harold Consett DAVIS & Mabel Lucy FOSBERY
He married Dorothy Gwenda Louise RODWAY in Sydney on 21st August 1936
He first enlisted in the Citizens Air Force in 1935 (no Service Number ) and was discharged as a Pilot Officer on 25th October, 1940 (Unit HQCA)
He then enlisted in the Army on 3rd December, 1941 and was discharged on 1st May, 1944
His final enlistment was with the Army where he enlisted on 26th June 1944 - last rank was Lieutenant with the 1 Australian Army Tropical Research
Harrold died of severe head injuries in a plane crash in New Guinea on 11th December, 1944 and is buried in the Lae War Cemetery
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His father Harrold Consett DAVIS (SN 1191) served during WW1 in the 1st Camel Brigade and returned to Australia on 15th February, 1918
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