Edward Henry Frederick Davis (SN 3309) born in Ballarat was a 21 year old traveller and motor mechanic when he enlisted in Ballarat in the Australian Flying Corps on March 4th 1918. He trained at Laverton where he became an Air Mechanic 2nd Class. His unit embarked from Sydney aboard the Osterley on May 8th . The war was entering its final months when he disembarked at Liverpool on July 10th. In August he was attached to the Australian Base Post Office and it was not until November that he moved to the Australian Flying Corps Depot at Wendover. He returned home on the Kaiser-i-Hind, disembarking at Melbourne on June 16th 1919 and was discharged on October 15th.

His brothers Herbert, Ernest and Francis also served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue.