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DAVEY, John Henry
| Service Number: | 6555 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 December 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waukaringa, South Australia, Australia, August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Waukaringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6555, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6555, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6555, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 11 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6555, 27th Infantry Battalion, SW, left buttock | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, During the advance on the night 10/11th. June 1918, South of MORLANCOURT, near ALBERT, Private DAVEY was badly wounded. He however continued to control his Lewis Gun Section and reached the final objective. He then mounted his gun in advance to cover the work of consolidation, during which time several of his gun crew became casualties. He organised ammunition carrying parties during the first few minutes of the consolidation. He did great execution with his gun until the position was secure, and then collapsed from loss of blood, and had to be carried on a stretcher to the R.A.P. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 6555, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
John Henry Davey was born in a small country town called Waukaringa in approimately August 1896. He enlisted in the AIF as a 20 year old in December 1916 and was shipped out to England a month later. After several months training in England he reached the 27th Battalion in November 1917. He served with the unit for several month in the field.
On 11 June 1918 his unit was involved in an advance near Morlancourt. John was in charge of a Lewis Gun section and was badly wounded in the buttocks. However, he continued to operate his gun very effectively and bravely, and to command his section, until the position was secured and he collapsed from loss of blood. For this action he was awarded the DCM and spent the next four months recovering from his wound. He left England to return to Australia in May 1919.