William George Davis

Service number: 74

Rank: Sapper

Unit: Divisional Signal Company 1

Service: Australian Army

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Source: National Archives of Australia

William George Davis was born in Glen Innes and was 23 years old at enlistment. His trade was commercial traveller. William’s mother Mrs. A.J. Davis lived at “Bingarra”, 22 Lawrence Street, Manly.

He embarked from Sydney on 20th October 1914 per the S.S. Karoo. On 5th April 1915 he proceeded to join the men in the field at Gallipoli. William was admitted to hospital numerous times starting on 9th August 1915 then again from Anzac Cove 13th August 1915 with asthma.

William embarked for England on the Cawdor Castle on 26th August 1915 and was admitted to the war hospital in Reading on 17th September 1915. William was admitted again on 10th May 1917 and 20th October 1917 in Belgium and France. On 30th March 1918 he embarked on the Princess Elizabeth for England with septic conjunctivitis. William returned to Australia from London per transport D.18 for discharge as medically unfit with chronic bronchitis on 21st July 1918 and was formally discharged on 18th October 1918.