8th Infantry Battalion
Killed In Action
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William Davis (SN 118), born at Learmonth, was a 22 year old miner when he was amongst the first to enlist on August 17th 1914. He joined the 8th Infantry Battalion, and in October he left Australia aboard the Benalla and sailed to Egypt. While training there he became ill and was hospitalised at the Mena Army Hospital suffering from pneumonia which claimed his life on December 30th 1914, four months before his battalion would land at Gallipoli. He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
