DAVIS, Gordon James
| Service Number: | 1024 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds - head, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 9 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row S, Grave 764 Rev. A.V.C. Hordern officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 13th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1024, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1024, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William J Davis and Isabella R Davis of Cootamundra, NSW
Next of kin given as his sister H Thompson of 'Tara', Henrietta Street, Waverley, NSW. Brother of Darcy Warrill Davis of 'Athol', Hill Street, Five Dock, NSW
Member of the Chelmsford 61 Lodge
News has readied Junee nf the death from wounds of Private Gordon James Davis, 30 years of age, who enlisted from Junee and was engaged with the Australians at the Dardanelles. He was a single man and the youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis, of Junee. Private Davis previous to enlisting, was an engine driver on the railways, working the Junee to Goulburn section, and resigned his position to go to the war. He is a brother to Nurse Stella Davis, staff nurse attached to the hospital with the Australian expeditionary forces at Heliopolis, Cairo, and a nephew of Mr. Mat. Sawyer, of Bethungra. He was also a bro ther of Mr. Darcy Davis, saddler, for some years employed by Mr. W.J.
Hiscock, Junee.
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