Military History

To 7th Reinf. 10th Light Horse at South Guildford. WA.
Embarked Albany per HMAT ‘ Port Melbourne’ 23.7.1917.
Roll Rank Driver .
Roll Unit Australian Service Corps 23.7.1917.
Davis disembarked at Liverpool 16.9.1917 with the Army Service Corps (ASC). He marched in to Parkhouse and transferred to Artillery Details at Larkhill Training School. After a period of intensive training, he embarked for France with rank of Driver 23.11.1917. Davis was taken on Strength with 3rd Army Artillery Brigade 29.11.1917. The 3rd Army Field Brigade fought at the Ypres salient during November and Amiens, Villers-Bretonneux and Hamel. Davis would have fought at some if not all of these battles. He marched out of France for England and was listed for return to Australia.
Embarked per ‘ Konigan Louise’ for return to Australia 21.6.1919.
Returned/Disembarked Fremantle 3.8.1919.
Discharged 2.9.1919.
Final Rank Driver, 3rd Army Artillery Bde.
Medical Condition. NK.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Not listed in AWM site.
Photos Artillery Training at Guildford. Photographer Mitchell, E. L. photograph source SLWA 031217PD
             HMAT 'Port Melbourne'. Photographer Josiah Barnes. Photograph sourced from AWM B0259
             Australian soldiers training in fitness at Larkhill. Photographer unknown, photograph source H00450
             Shelling of Hamel. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced AWM E02618

Information Source
AWM B0259. HMAT 'Port Melbourne'. Photographer Josiah Barnes. Photograph sourced from  the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H00450. Australian soldiers training in fitness at Larkhill. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial 
AWM E02618. Shelling of Hamel. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll- Albyn Davis
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll,
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Davis A
SLWA 031217PD. Artillery Training at Guildford. Photographer Mitchell, E. L. photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the State Library of Western Australia
St Matthew’s Church Honour Roll
Wise, H. and Co. Western Australian Post Office Directories

Remount Depot, South Guildford, WA.

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