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DAVIS, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Commissioned |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1917, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Melbourne Victoria, 20 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 27 February 1919, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery Row B, Grave 6 Headstone Inscription "PRO DEO ET PATRIA" (God and Country) |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned, 38th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned, 38th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Melbourne on 22nd December 1917, disembarking AIF Camp at Suez on 16th January 1918. Embarked on HMT Leasowe Castle from Port Said on 24th January 1918, disembarking Taranto, Italy before sailing to Southampton, England and disembarking on 14th February 1918 | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned, 57th Infantry Battalion, Proceeded overseas to France | |
| 17 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Feb 1919: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned, 57th Infantry Battalion, Was admitted to the 5th Casualty Clearing Station on 25th February 1919 with Influenza, which unfortunately developed into Broncho Pneumonia, passing away at 10:20pm on 27th February 1919. |
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Son of William and Alice R. DAVIS; husband of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth DAVIS, of "Moseley," Boyd St., Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Native of Brighton, Victoria.
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