Diary of Henry Stanley Davis, 1915-1917

Davis, Henry Stanley (Captain, b.1889 - d.1917)

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Places	Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Zone Europe: France Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Bethune, Fleurbaix Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Mouquet Farm Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Middle East: Yemen, Aden
Accession Number	RCDIG0001157
Collection number	2DRL/0547
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	189 Image/s captured
Maker	Davis, Henry Stanley
Place made	At sea, Belgium, Egypt, France, United Kingdom: England, Western Front
Date made	1915-1917
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.

Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Henry Stanley Davis, 46th Battalion. The relatively short and concise diary entries span from 18 October 1915 to 25 January 1917 and cover: embarkation from Australia with the 14th Battalion; troopship voyage aboard HMAT Port Lincoln; the death at sea of Private Malvern Arthur Wade; arrival and training in Egypt; the allotment of 6th Infantry Brigade officers from the reinforcements; sightseeing, including the pyramids; battalion drills and route marches; transfer to the 46th Battalion; promotion to lieutenant; training schools; list of parade and meal hours; the havoc caused by the heat and sandstorms; taking over the trenches in the Suez Canal area; trench routine and details; commemorating the first anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli; observations of the Turkish Army; grenadier training; voyage in early June to France aboard the armed merchant cruiser Kinfauns Castle; the wet weather and mud in France; French villages and people; 6th Infantry Brigade school; trenches on the Western Front; movement into the front lines at Pozieres; involvement in the fighting at Pozieres; observations at Mouquet Farm; service in and out of the line in late 1916; leave to London; shellshock; 4th Division school. Davis was killed in action at the first battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917.