Photographs relating to 2634 Private Howard Erskine Davies, 58th Battalion

Accession Number AWM2017.737.14
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Boulogne
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian Imperial Force folder containing a photograph of the grave and memorial board of 2634 Private Howard Erskine Davies, 58th Battalion and others buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Two other Australians are listed, while the rest are British and Canadian forces - 4770 Sergeant Walter John Smith, 20th Battalion (died 20 May 1917) and 18857 Gunner Charles Edward Doodson, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery (died 22 May 1917).

Photographs relating to 2634 Private Howard Erskine Davies, 58th Battalion. A clerk from East Malvern, Victoria prior to enlistment, A/Sgt Davies embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 2 October 1916. Later reverting to the rank of Private, he was wounded in action at Bullecourt. On 23 May 1917, aged 35, he died as a result of his wounds and was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.