Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Berrima’ for England 25.12.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit. 8th Reinf. 51st Bn. 13th Infantry Bde. AIF.
Davies was appointed Cpl. for the Voyage Only (VO) 27.12.1916. He disembarked at Devonport England with the 51st Bn. 8th Reinf. 16.2.1917. Davies marched in to Hurdcott to the 15th Training Bn. 21.2.1917. He then marched into Codford to 13th Training Bn. 6.3.1917 and was appointed A/Cpl 22.7.1917. Davies proceeded overseas to France 14.6.1917. He was taken on strength with the 51st Bn. 4.7.1917. He fought with his Bn. at Passchendaele and was wounded in action with a GSW and compound fractures of the left leg 26.9.1917 .
Davies Died of wounds, 26.9.1918, at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station in the field. He was buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, (1 ¾ miles SW of Poperinghe), Plot 25, Row D, Grave 9 .
Final Rank A/Cpl. 51st Bn 13th Infantry Bde.
Medical Condition. Dec’d died of wounds 26.9.1918.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Brother H.G. Davies was KIA. Wife remarried and was reported as deceased in 1920. WIlliam Enoch Ernest was known as Ernie Davies. His brother Lionel served in WW1, having previously worked at his father's blacksmithing business at 185 James Street, Guildford. WA.
 Obituary Notice
'Peace, perfect peace.'
(West Australian Newspaper, Killed in Action 3.11.1917)
Photos Private E. Davies. Photograph source Sunday Times 25.2.1917 p6
             HMAS 'Berrima' under construction 1913. Unsourced image Wikipedia
             3rd Command Depot, Hurdcott, near Fovant, Wiltshire 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM C0061
             View across shell holes from Broodsiende Ridge, Passchendaele area, Ypres. Photograper unknown, photograph source AWM E01149
             Lijssenthoek Cemetery, Flanders , Belgium. 1228 Australian Soldiers graves here. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM A03041
             W.E.E.J. Davies. Obituary.  West Australian 26.9.1918. Family Notices p1

Information Source
AWM C0061. 3rd Command Depot, Hurdcott, near Fovant, Wiltshire 1916. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E01149. View across shell holes from Broodsiende Ridge, Passchendaele area, Ypres. Photograper unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM A03041. Lijssenthoek Cemetery, Flanders , Belgium. 1228 Australian Soldiers graves here. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll- Davies,  William Ernest Enoch Joseph
AWM Roll of Honour- William Ernest Enoch Joseph Davies
Guildford War Memorial
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Davies W E E J
St Matthew’s Church Honour Roll-fallen
Sunday Times
West Australian Newspaper
Wikipedia. HMAS 'Berrima' under construction 1913. Unsourced image Wikipedia, website, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Berrima
Wise, H and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories

16 Stephen St., Guildford, WA.

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