Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Davies, Reuben Thomas Henry

Born Kimberley Tasmania the son of Thomas Henry and Agnes Davies, a jockey he embarked Melbourne 23^rd December 1916 on board RMS Orontes with the 15 Machine Gun Company.

He died 8^th October 1919 at the Bonough Isolation Hospital Weymouth England from meningitis and was buried in the Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.

Mr Thomas Davies of Latrobe has been advised that his son Gunner Reuben Thomas Davies 5^th Machine Gun Battalion died in the Bonough Isolation Hospital Weymouth England on October 8^th 1919 of meningitis. The late Gunner Davies had three years of active service during which time he was never sick or wounded. Unfortunately while waiting for a boat to return home he contracted meningitis and died after 11 weeks sickness. The late Gunner Davies was for three or four years a jockey with W.F. Smith before enlisting. He took part in several battles among them Ypres, Messines and Villers Bretonneux. He followed racing while away and won several races with his horse Lady Imperial. The greatest sympathy is felt for Mr T Davies and family in their sad loss

The Weekly Courier 16^th October 1919

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