Second Lieutenant

Reginald Owen Davies

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Richard and Emma K. Davies, of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

The family story in Letters to Emma is that Reginald was killed on the last day of the war by a spent bullet. [Reginald was killed in action on 18 February, 1918. Perhaps, "killed in the last year of... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
33103
Name:
Reginald Owen Davies
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
W.J. Davies (brother), care of McCallum and Co., Oamaru, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Grain salesman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
18 February 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 March 1917
Transport:
HMNZT 79
Vessel:
Ruapehu
Destination:
Devonport, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XV. B. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Reginald Owen Davies
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