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Thomas John Herbert DAVIDS

Regimental number473
Place of birthLobethal, South Australia
ReligionLutheran
OccupationLabourer
AddressLobethal, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 11"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss A. Davis, Lobethal, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Discharge date13 October 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915.

Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 24 April 1916; transferred to Acting Casualty Clearing Station, Ferry Post, 25 April 1916 (defective eye sight); rejoined 32nd Bn, Ferry Post, 28 April 1916.

Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 3 May 1916 (eye treatment); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, no date stated; to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 5 May 1916 (astigmatism); discharged to duty, 9 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing in action, 20 July 1916.

Now, 30 August 1916, wounded and prisoner of war (shrapnel wounds, left calf and right hand).

Repatriated to England, no date stated.

Admitted to No 2 Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh, 26 December 1918 (influenza); transferred to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 5 February 1919 (bronchitis); discharged to furlough, 7 February 1919; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 March 1919.

Married Janet Halliday Notman at Craiglockhart Parish Church, 25 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Tilbury on board HT 'Zealandic', 3 July 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 20 August 1919; discharged Adelaide (termination of period of enlistment), 13 October 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 July 1961
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, DAVIDS Thomas John Herbert

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