Harold Ernest Thomas DAVIES

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Toowoomba Soldiers' Memorial Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

Harold Ernest Thomas DAVIES

Harold Ernest Thomas Davies Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Clerk
Enlisted
17-February-1916
Place
Toowoomba
Age
18
Status
Single
Service No
5325
Rank
Private
Unit
26th Battalion, 14th Reinforcements
Embarked
08-August-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Died of wounds
Date
5 October 1917
Place
Passchendaele, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial and Toowoomba Railway Honour Board.

Brother of 4479 Private William Howell Davies (DOW).

 

Harold Davies joined his unit in France in December 1916. On 4 October 1917 in Belgium he was wounded in action near Passchendaele and evacuated to the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds the next day. He was only 19.