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Richard David DAVIES

Regimental number4904
Place of birthNew South Wales
SchoolChurch of England School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBoilermaker's assistant
AddressBownie Street, Redfern, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Davies, 3 Atfield Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date22 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 7), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."' Parents: Joseph Edward and Elizabeth DAVIES, 3 Attfield Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of Strata Florida, Cardiganshire, Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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