Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Robert Sydney Davies
Ancestor's date of birth: 20/07/1883
Ancestor's date of death: 08/02/1955
Cause of Death: Cancer
Service Number: 6534
Colony or State of enlistment: Not Applicable, Place of Enlistment: South Africa
Unit: British Army 4th Reserve 44th Essex Regiment - 1st Battalion A company.
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On Enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 05/10/1914
Murray Page: Not Applicable, did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not Applicable
Ship: Travelled privately (stow away) to South Africa
Memorial details: Essex Regiment Museum, Chelmsford UK.
Decorations: Queen's South Africa medal with Transvaal clasp, King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Born in Exeter, Devon. Height: 1.68 m, Weight: 67.7 kg (1914)
Reasons to go and fight: His love of excitement, he stowed away on a ship to South Africa.
Details of service in war: Notably his Regiment participated in the Relief of Kimberley and the Battle of Paardeberg.
Service and life after the Boer War: Worked as a wool presser. Served in the 9 Bn AIF during World War 1. Enlisted 5 October 1914, wounded at Gallipoli 2 June 1915, returned to Australia 5 July 1915. No further details of his life advised.
Descendant Detail
Name of Descendant: Linda Stevens, Thornleigh NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand Daughter
