Robert Arthur DAVIES

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DAVIES, Robert Arthur

Service Numbers:	Q1719, Q1719, Q1710
Enlisted:	24 March 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Division Signals AMF
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1914
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Diesel Mechanic
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 July 2005, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD
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World War 2 Service

24 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719
26 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, Q1719, 5 Corps of Signals and 1 Australian Advanced Water Craft Workshops (AEME)
21 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719, 5th Division Signals AMF, ex Townsville to Milne Bay per Duntroon
20 Feb 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719, 5th Division Signals AMF, ex New Guinea to Townsville
3 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719, 5th Division Signals AMF, ex Townsville to Finschafen per Katoomba
26 Sep 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719, 5th Division Signals AMF, ex Madang to Brisbane per Gorgon
1 Nov 1945:	Involvement Corporal, Q1719
1 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719
1 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q1719, 5th Division Signals AMF
1 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, Q1710

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Robert was the 2nd of 6 children of Arthur Percival Davies (a Stonemason) and Elizabeth Grace Butler of Brisbane QLD. Robert was living and working in Wynnum QLD as a Diesel Mechanic in 1941 when he enlisted with the Australian Military Forces as a Corporal (Service No: Q1719) and served initially with 5 Corps of Signals, Signals 5 Australian Division. He later served with 1 Australian Advanced Water Craft Workshops AEME, and was in New Guinea from 19 January 1943 to 26 September 1944.

Brother Andrew Sarrail served in the ACMF and sister Elsie in the RAAF.

Robert married Gwendoline Mary in Brisbane, QLD in 1941 and after the War, lived and worked in Brisbane as a Motor Mechanic until his death in 2005

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