Davies, John Henry

Date of Birth	1882-12-10
Date of Death	1920-10-01
Age	37
Birth Place	United Kingdom, Camberwell, London
Died During Service	Yes
Cause of Death	Accident - taken by crocodile, remains found Oct 1920

Service Details

Service	RAN - Royal Australian Navy
Rank	Commissioned Gunner
Rate	Gunner
Discharge Notes	Discharged Dead - CWGC
Service Period	1916-1920
Active Service (War service)	WW1
Service Record	Yes
Ship	Geranium HMAS - Sloop Flower Class

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Drysdale River (Pago) Mission
Cemetery Address	Drysdale River, WA

Notes

Service history card has official date of death 1 Oct 1920 however also states missing believed dead 26 Sept 1920. Buried at Drysdale River Station. Note position is approx location of Ruins of Pago Mission formerly Drysdale River Mission. Current Drysdale River Station is not the old Catholic Mission Station. Given his Rank believed to have had previous RN Service.

Sources

HMAS Geranium - Scroll for photo of grave- RAN Website

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