Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Ulysses’ A38 for Suez 1.4.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 15thReinf.16th Bn. AIF.
Davies disembarked in Egypt and marched in to the 4th Training Bn. The 16th Bn. was reorganized into the 48th Bn in Egypt. After several months of intensive training Davies entrained to Alexandria, joined the BEF and embarked per HT ‘Huntspill’ for France 7.6.1916. He disembarked at Marseilles 14.6.1916 and joined the 48th Bn 17.7.1916. The 48th Bn. fought at Pozieres in August 1916 suffering 598 casualties. (AWM 48th Bn). Davies was wounded in action at Pozieres 7.8.1916 with a GSW to his hand. He was admitted to the 2nd AGH at Wimereux in France, then transferred by HS ‘Jan Breydel’ to England 9.8.1916. He rejoined the 48th Bn. in the Field 25.11.1916 and fought at Bullecourt. Davies was reported missing in action 11.4.1917. A Court of Enquiry determined in December 1917 that Davies had been KIA in the field in France 11.4.1917, shot in chest at Bullecourt (AWM Red Cross Files) His body was not recovered and he is now commemorated  at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Final Rank Private, 48th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Dec’d, KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Brother William Ernest Enoch Davies KIA 1917.
Photos Palmer & Ashworth, 'Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire 1914-18.' 1922, in Facsimile Edition, by  Hesperian Press , Victoria Park, 2014
             HMAT 'Ulysses'. Photographer P.E.F. Schuler, photograph sourced AWM PS0154
             Somme, Albert, Bapaume, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm December 1916. Photographer unknown, photographer source AWM E00566
             Bullecourt, France 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM H12360
             Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM H17454
             
             

Information Source
AWM PS0154 . HMAT 'Ulysses'. Photographer P.E.F. Schuler, photograph sourced  from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E00566. Somm , Albert, Bapaume, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm December 1916. Photographer unknown, photographer sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H12360. Bullecourt, France 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H17454. Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll.AWM Embarkation Roll-Harold George Davies
AWM Roll of Honour- Harold George Davies
AWM 48th Bn.
Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Davies H G
Palmer & Ashworth, 'Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire 1914-18.' 1922, in Facsimile Edition, by  Hesperian Press , Victoria Park, 2014
St. Matthew’s Church Honour Roll
St Matthew’s Church Honour Roll- fallen.
Wise, H and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories. SLWA

16 Stephen Street, Guildford. WA.


 

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