Roy William DAVEY

DAVEY, Roy William

Service Number: WX8681
Enlisted: 23 October 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: EAST PERTH, WA, 25 April 1915
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Thailand, 1 July 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
1 L 3, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX8681
23 Oct 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8681, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

Davey, Roy William (Bluey) WX8081


Roy was the fourth of eight (8) children born to Herbert and Ethel Olive Davey (nee Jeffrey).
In 1937 he was employed as a miner at Edjudina Gold Mine located 145 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie, and later living in Kalgoorlie prior to enlisting.

Known as Bluey, Davey was in 8 Platoon and a good mate to Ron Badock.
Bluey was selected in Singapore with 'D' Force S Battalion to work on the Burma-Thai Railway.  He left Singapore by train on 14th March 1943 for the 4 day journey to Thailand.
S Battalion were first working at Tarsau Camp, then moved to Konyu II in the Hellfire Pass Cutting, arriving on 25 April 1943.
Bluey was evacuated from Konyu II Camp to Tarsau.
Within four months Bluey died at the age of 33 years from dysentery and avitaminosis at Tarsau and was buried in the Tarsau cemetery.

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