DAVIES, George Campbell
| Service Number: | 6857 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 27 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 June 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot I. Row C, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6857, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6857, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6857, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6857 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-29 |
Awarded the Military Medal (Recommendation - 15 June 1916)
In the night of 5/6th. May, Lt. Rose and L/Cpl. Munday were wounded on patrol. Davies brought Lt Rose in while Tymons remained in NO MAN'S LAND with Munday. Tymons had to hold the wounded man down as he was struggling and groaning. This was within hearing distance of the German Trenches. Davies returned with a stretcher and helped to carry Munday back.
[End note: L/Cpl Munday (Gilbert Cecil MUNDAY) later died of his wounds]
Submitted 29 June 2015 by Nathan Rohrlach
Biography
Killed in Action during a Trench Raid on the night of the 28/29th of June 1916. The action took place near Ontario Farm in the Messines Ridge sector of the Ypres / Flanders front line.
The Battalion diary summarise the events that occurred that night: "During night our raiding party entered enemy trenches at Ontario Farm under Artillery Barrage and did some damage. Killing 17 enemy and taking 4 prisoners. retaliation by Bosche Artillery severe. Our casualties Wounded Lts Sommerville JR and Gooden SR. Other Ranks Killed 4, Wounded 26." Although it was only a relatively small trench raid carried out that night, the German's inflicted more damage on the raiders than the 27th did to the German's.
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