Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Davies J E Gunner 354 John Eric Seige Artillery Bde 21 Grocer's Assistant Single Pres
Address: Essendon North, Kerferd St (NOK)
Next of Kin: Davies, R A, Mrs, mother, Kerferd St, North Essendon
107 Steele St, Moonee Ponds by 6 Feb 1917
Enlisted: 10 Jun 1915
Embarked: A67 Orsova 17 Jul 1915
Prior service: RAGA
In the 1914 Electoral Roll Rose Ann Davies, home duties, was listed at Kerferd St, Essendon. By 1919 she was living at 107 Steele St, Moonee Ponds.
Relatives on Active Service:
Davies O G W L-Cpl 4540 brother, 26th Fusiliers
Adkisson F C Pte 2366 cousin
Whitham J G Y Pte 1840 uncle
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Gnr. E. J. Davies left Australia with the 1st Siege Train Brigade in July, 1915. Writing from Belgium on 26th April last to his mother, Mrs. R. A. Davies, 107 Steele street, Moonee Ponds, he says that the German "pushed" had been most unpleasant, but at last the enemy was under control. It was a pitiful sight to see hundreds of civilians rendered homeless and forced to sleep in barns. Lately "Fritz" had been losing many aeroplanes, and it was a fine sight to seee them rushing to earth.
OUR SOLDIERS. (1918, July 4). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606499
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Mentioned in Correspondence:
Davies O G W L-Cpl 4540 letter to mother in Essendon Gazette 5 Oct 1916
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall A-F (E J)
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
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