Davis, Ernest (197)
Place of Birth: Ballarat, VIC
Age: 40 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 27 January 1915 – Liverpool, NSW
Service Number: 197 view online service record
Address:
c/o A O Davis, 8 Station Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Alfred Owen Davis (brother)
Army Medical Corps 2nd Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Ship: HMAT Themistocles A32
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 20 January 1916
Discharged: Monday, 22 May 1916
Brother: Alfred Owen Davies *
* As noted by Brian Membrey below, Ernest’s name is misspelt Davis in his WWI dossier.
1 Comments
Brian Membrey
Correct name Ernest DAVIES and a brother of Alfred Owen Davies, 2nd Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps; both listed from Station Street. Both Archives consistently show DAVIES and DAVIS respectively, Alfred noted as dying 3 March, 1942 when at 54 Wright Street, Middle Park, Death Notice as DAVIES which appears the correct version. Both born Ballarat Alfred, 1874, Ernest Edward, 1870; parents William Rees and Elizabeth DAVIES, nee OWEN. It is not clear Ernest deliberately enlisted under DAVIS or whether it was simply a clerical error never corrected