DAVIS, Roland Victor
| Service Number: | NX34224 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soap Maker |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX34224 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34224, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34224, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Singapore on board HMT Queen Mary | |
| 1 Apr 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 28 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34224, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion, embarked Changi with E Force on board the SS DeKlerk bound for Berhala Island en route for Sandakan |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Roland Victor Davis (Service No:NX34224) enlisted in the AIF on 17 June 1940, and was attached to 2/20 Infantry Battalion on 2 February 1941 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Singapore on board HMT Queen Mary. Reported Missing on 1 April 1942, Private Davis was held by the Japanese in Changi, and embarked with 'E' Force from Singapore on 28 March 1943 on board SS DeKlerk for Berhala Island, and from there by barge to Sandakan on 5 June 1943. Private Davis died on 7 June 1945.
Rollo was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1920 (BDM NSW No:25858/1920), only child of Roland Victor Golding (b1893 in London, England) and Ellen Christina Nancy Castelli (b1893 in Bringelly, New South Wales). Roland Snr immigrated in 1913, arriving in Sydney on board the Beltana. He was a Printer in January 1920 when he and Ellen married - Roland Snr died in June 1920 before his son was born. Ellen remarried to Arthur Frederick Davis (aka Leslie Frederick and Arthur Frederick Hais/Hais). Arthur had served in the AIF in WWI, and was a Labourer and Wharf Labourer in Sydney - he and Ellen had four children together.
Rollo was working in Sydney as a Soap Maker (Lever Pty Ltd, later Unilver Australia) when he enlisted in the Army in 1940.
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