~~~~~~~~Description of Family Portrait for Davies Family~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Group portrait of members of the Davies family, of Warnertown, SA. From left to right, back row: Ted Davies; 1586 Trooper (Tpr) Albert Alfred (Bert) Davies, 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Arthur Davies. Second row: Eden Florence Grieg, Margaret Matthews, Ivy Plenty, Elsie Flanel, Olive Andrews, Stella Smith. Third row: Sophia Davies, William Davies, Alfred Davies. Front row: Ruby Grieg, Percy Davies. Tpr Davies worked as a stamper before enlisting on 25 August 1915. He embarked from Adelaide with the 12th Reinforcements on HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915. On 20 April 1917 he received gunshot wounds to both legs at Abu Sitta. He was transferred to Cairo, and died of his wounds there on 25 April 1917 at the age of 32. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P06564.001
~~~~~~Transcript of military service for AIF, regimental number:--- 1586~~~~~~~~
DAVIES, Albert Alfred, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War.
Parents:--- Alfred Herbert Davies and Sophia Smith married 15th January 1885 in the
Wesleyan Parsonage, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Born:--- Morphett Vale, South Australia on 14th February 1885
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:--- Stamper
Home Address:--- Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Home Town:--- Warnertown, South Australia
Schooling:--- Warnertown Public School, South Australia
Marital status:--- Single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs. Sophia Davies, Warnertown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF:--- 25th August 1915 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Final Rank:--- Private / Trooper
Final Unit:--- 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement, AIF.
Embarked from:---Adelaide, South Australia, aboard HMAT A2 Geelong , 18th Nov 1915.
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 25th April 1917, at the 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt. Wounded in action on 22nd April 1917, wounds to both legs, died of septicaemia.
Burial:---Buried on 25th April 1917 at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Family connections:--- Son of Alfred Herbert and Sophia Davies, Warnertown, South Australia
Memorials:--- Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board
Group portrait of members of the Davies family, of Warnertown, SA. From left to right, back row: Ted Davies; 1586 Trooper (Tpr) Albert Alfred (Bert) Davies, 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Arthur Davies. Second row: Eden Florence Grieg, Margaret Matthews, Ivy Plenty, Elsie Flanel, Olive Andrews, Stella Smith. Third row: Sophia Davies, William Davies, Alfred Davies. Front row: Ruby Grieg, Percy Davies. Tpr Davies worked as a stamper before enlisting on 25 August 1915. He embarked from Adelaide with the 12th Reinforcements on HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915. On 20 April 1917 he received gunshot wounds to both legs at Abu Sitta. He was transferred to Cairo, and died of his wounds there on 25 April 1917 at the age of 32. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P06564.001
~~~~~~Transcript of military service for AIF, regimental number:--- 1586~~~~~~~~
DAVIES, Albert Alfred, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War.
Parents:--- Alfred Herbert Davies and Sophia Smith married 15th January 1885 in the
Wesleyan Parsonage, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Born:--- Morphett Vale, South Australia on 14th February 1885
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:--- Stamper
Home Address:--- Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Home Town:--- Warnertown, South Australia
Schooling:--- Warnertown Public School, South Australia
Marital status:--- Single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs. Sophia Davies, Warnertown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF:--- 25th August 1915 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Final Rank:--- Private / Trooper
Final Unit:--- 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement, AIF.
Embarked from:---Adelaide, South Australia, aboard HMAT A2 Geelong , 18th Nov 1915.
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 25th April 1917, at the 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt. Wounded in action on 22nd April 1917, wounds to both legs, died of septicaemia.
Burial:---Buried on 25th April 1917 at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Family connections:--- Son of Alfred Herbert and Sophia Davies, Warnertown, South Australia
Memorials:--- Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board
~~~~~~~~Description of Family Portrait for Davies Family~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Group portrait of members of the Davies family, of Warnertown, SA. From left to right, back row: Ted Davies; 1586 Trooper (Tpr) Albert Alfred (Bert) Davies, 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Arthur Davies. Second row: Eden Florence Grieg, Margaret Matthews, Ivy Plenty, Elsie Flanel, Olive Andrews, Stella Smith. Third row: Sophia Davies, William Davies, Alfred Davies. Front row: Ruby Grieg, Percy Davies. Tpr Davies worked as a stamper before enlisting on 25 August 1915. He embarked from Adelaide with the 12th Reinforcements on HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915. On 20 April 1917 he received gunshot wounds to both legs at Abu Sitta. He was transferred to Cairo, and died of his wounds there on 25 April 1917 at the age of 32. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P06564.001
~~~~~~Transcript of military service for AIF, regimental number:--- 1586~~~~~~~~
DAVIES, Albert Alfred, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War.
Parents:--- Alfred Herbert Davies and Sophia Smith married 15th January 1885 in the
Wesleyan Parsonage, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Born:--- Morphett Vale, South Australia on 14th February 1885
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:--- Stamper
Home Address:--- Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Home Town:--- Warnertown, South Australia
Schooling:--- Warnertown Public School, South Australia
Marital status:--- Single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs. Sophia Davies, Warnertown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF:--- 25th August 1915 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Final Rank:--- Private / Trooper
Final Unit:--- 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement, AIF.
Embarked from:---Adelaide, South Australia, aboard HMAT A2 Geelong , 18th Nov 1915.
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 25th April 1917, at the 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt. Wounded in action on 22nd April 1917, wounds to both legs, died of septicaemia.
Burial:---Buried on 25th April 1917 at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Family connections:--- Son of Alfred Herbert and Sophia Davies, Warnertown, South Australia
Memorials:--- Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board
Group portrait of members of the Davies family, of Warnertown, SA. From left to right, back row: Ted Davies; 1586 Trooper (Tpr) Albert Alfred (Bert) Davies, 3rd Light Horse Regiment; Arthur Davies. Second row: Eden Florence Grieg, Margaret Matthews, Ivy Plenty, Elsie Flanel, Olive Andrews, Stella Smith. Third row: Sophia Davies, William Davies, Alfred Davies. Front row: Ruby Grieg, Percy Davies. Tpr Davies worked as a stamper before enlisting on 25 August 1915. He embarked from Adelaide with the 12th Reinforcements on HMAT Geelong on 18 November 1915. On 20 April 1917 he received gunshot wounds to both legs at Abu Sitta. He was transferred to Cairo, and died of his wounds there on 25 April 1917 at the age of 32. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P06564.001
~~~~~~Transcript of military service for AIF, regimental number:--- 1586~~~~~~~~
DAVIES, Albert Alfred, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War.
Parents:--- Alfred Herbert Davies and Sophia Smith married 15th January 1885 in the
Wesleyan Parsonage, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Born:--- Morphett Vale, South Australia on 14th February 1885
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:--- Stamper
Home Address:--- Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Home Town:--- Warnertown, South Australia
Schooling:--- Warnertown Public School, South Australia
Marital status:--- Single
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs. Sophia Davies, Warnertown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF:--- 25th August 1915 at Adelaide, South Australia.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Final Rank:--- Private / Trooper
Final Unit:--- 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement, AIF.
Embarked from:---Adelaide, South Australia, aboard HMAT A2 Geelong , 18th Nov 1915.
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 25th April 1917, at the 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt. Wounded in action on 22nd April 1917, wounds to both legs, died of septicaemia.
Burial:---Buried on 25th April 1917 at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Family connections:--- Son of Alfred Herbert and Sophia Davies, Warnertown, South Australia
Memorials:--- Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW1 Honour Board
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Trooper, Australian Light Horse. Age: 32.
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