Name
Leslie Davies
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/09/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
53rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HEM FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, HEM-MONACU
II. K. 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
Leslie Davies was born in Wallsend, New South Wales, the son of Rev. Thomas and Emma Davies.
He was educated at Public School and Worcester College, Oxford, England. He lived with his parents at Farquhar Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales and worked as a Clerk.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 23 July 1915 as a Private in the 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement.
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915. He was later commissioned as Lieutenant with the 53rd Battalion and was killed in action in Peronne, France on 1 September 1918, age 26.
Additional Information
His brother: 4096 Pte Albert Edwin DAVIES, 20th Bn, was wounded at Pozieres but recovered and returned to Australia. His brother-in-law: 176 Lance Corporal Kenneth John PETER, Australian Corps School, served 3 years in France and returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
