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William Harold DAVIS

Regimental number52140
Place of birthSurry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNarrogin, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs C L Davis, c/o C Hill, Narrogin PO, Narrogin, Western Australia
Enlistment date16 April 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameWestern Australian Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Albany, Western Australia, on board SS Port Darwin on 8 May 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
FateDischarged 1 April 1920
Family/military connectionsStep-father: 7973 Pte George Frederick DAVIS, 12th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked from Albany, 8 May 1918; disembarked from the ship at Faenza and admitted to hospital, 10 July 1918; disembarked Southampton, 28 July 1918. Proceeded overseas to France, 17 October 1918.

Attached to AIF Headquarters, London, 12 August 1919. Granted leave for Non-Military Employment, 30 October 1919, to work in the motor trade at Four Posts Motor Garage, Southampton. Did not return from NME, 31 October 1919; declared illegal absentee as from 1 November 1919; discharged from the AIF, 1 April 1920.

Court of Inquiry, AIF Headquarters, 4 February 1920, heard evidence that Davis had left the employ of Four Posts Motor Garage on 17 September 1919, and had applied for discharge in the United Kingdom 'for the purposes of going into partnership in the Motor Trade at Four Posts Motor Garage': the application was rejected by the Director General of the Repatriation and Demobilization Department on the grounds of 'insufficient reasons. [The

Man also has wife in Australia'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

File marked as medals returned, 30 August 1924.

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