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  • William Attwood Davies †

confirmed

Born: 1 January 1892

Died: 2 September 1915

Died on service

Wounded at Gallipoli.  Died suddenly while in the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, after appearing to be recovering from a gunshot wound that had fractured his skull.  [JSB]

Name recorded
  • William Attwood Davies
Service number
  • Service number 2154
Ranks
  • Held rank of Private
  • Held rank of Corporal
Birth record
  • 1892 in Cootamundra, NSW, Australia
Death record
  • 2 September 1915 in Alexandria, Egypt
Address
  • 55 Holt Avenue, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - Rees Davies
  • Mother - Lucy Ann Attwood
Organisation
  • 4th Batallion, AIF
Main sources
  • Davies William Attwood : SERN 2154 : POB Cootamundra NSW : POE Liverpool NSW : NOK F Davies Rees (NAA file)
  • Find War Dead (webpage)
  • NEW SOUTH WALES. DIED OF WOUNDS. (newspaper article)
  • DARDANELLES HEROES. Lance-Corporal W. A. Davies (newspaper article)
  • PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Wounded but now out of danger. (newspaper article)
  • MEN OF THE DARDANELLES. PTE W. A. DAVIES. (newspaper article)
  • PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Wounded but not seriously. (newspaper article)
Commemorations
  • DAVIES, W. on the Mosman Methodist Church roll of honour 1914-1919

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