Charles Stewart DAVIES CMG, DSO, CdeG (F), MID****

DAVIES, Charles Stewart

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 29 March 1915, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    Last Unit: 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
    Born: Dunedin, New Zealand, 6 September 1880
    Home Town: Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: British Army Officer
    Died: Lee-on-the-Solent, England, 10 December 1946, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    Boer War Service

    16 May 1900: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Unspecified British Units

    World War 1 Service

    29 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Wandilla (A62)
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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    10 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    21 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Brigade Major, Officer, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Brigade Major, Officer, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    3 Jan 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 31st Infantry Battalion
    19 Feb 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion
    20 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 60th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
    21 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 60th Infantry Battalion
    10 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    11 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
    27 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
    19 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
    28 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    8 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, "The Last Hundred Days"
    2 Oct 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 32nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
    28 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, Officer, 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters,

    This temporary rank of Colonel was granted by AIF forces upon taking up his command of the 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.

    Meanwhile, British authorities at the same time had given him the temporary rank of Brigadier General whilst he commanded the 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters.  
    28 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1
    5 Jun 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, North Russia 1918-19

    Non Warlike Service

    Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Unspecified Indian Army Units
    Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Unspecified British Units

    World War 1 Service

    Date unknown: Involvement 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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