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Lancelot Rawes DAVIES

Regimental number3296
Date of birth18 March 1891
Place of birthAnnandale, New South Wales
SchoolLeichhardt Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSalesman
AddressLeichhardt, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, G H Davies, 34 Austerham Road, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date30 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 April 1919
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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken Prisoner of War, Reincourt, 11 April 1917; interned at Limburg, Friedrichsfeld and Parchim, Germany. Released at the Armistice; arrived in England, 26 December 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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