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Dvr Hedley Vickers Davis
Australian Imperial Force 38th Btn.
from:128 Charles St Footscray,Victoria
Hedley Davis was a driver with the Transport Section. He departed Australia on the 20th of June 1916, arriving in England on the 10th of August. He arrived France on the 29th of Novemember and was at Armentiers until the 20th of February 1917. He was in the Messines sector from the 27th of March 1917 and took part in the attack on the 7th of June. He was in the 3rd battle of Ypres from the 29th of September, at Broodscinde and Passchendale
and was on The Somme in early 1918, fighting at Mont St Quentin, the St. Quantin Canal, Amiens and the Hindenburg Line. He was hospitalized in England and arrived home in 1919.