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Garnet Edgar Davis
Garnet Edgar Davis
Rank: Private
NX22178
Service: Australian Army
Date of birth: 12 December 1906
Place of birth: Davistown NSW
Mother: Elizabeth
Enlisted: 28 May 1940
Locality of enlistment: Empire Bay NSW
Next of kin: Annie DAVIS
Date of discharge: 26 November 1941
Posting at Discharge: H Q Guard Battalion
Garnet served in the Middle East where he was accidently wounded in his left foot June 1941. He was medically discharged. There is a photo of him in his record. After being discharged Garnet settled back into life in Empire Bay where he had 80 acres on Pomona Road. He lives on through his descendants many of whom still live in the area. His ashes are in a niche in St Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Kincumber.
William Dollamore Davis
William Dollamore Davis
Rank: Sergeant
NX55348
Service: Australian Army
Date of birth: 12 April 1917
Place of birth: Reading England
Mother: Nellie
Enlisted: 28 June 1940
Locality of enlistment: Marrickville NSW
Next of kin: Oswald DAVIS
Date of discharge: 16 January 1946
Posting at Discharge: 2/3 AUST TK/A REGT SIG SECT
William (Billy) Davis, son of Oswald and Nellie, served in WWII and was a Rat of Tobruk.
He was an AIF Sergeant, NX55348, 2/3 Tank Attack Regiment, RAA.
He was the manager of the Gosford Co-operative Packing House and was a president of Gosford RSL. He is buried in St Paul's churchyard, Kincumber with many of his relatives.
Tobruk was a port city, on the Mediterranean Sea, in Libya near Egypt. It was important to the war effort as the allies stopped the enemy advancing into north Africa.
'Lord Haw Haw, an English Nazi radio propagandist described the Australians as being caught 'like rats in a trap' in one of his broadcasts. The Australians adopted the nickname 'The Rats of Tobruk', in response. They also had a donkey as a mascot and named him Lord Hee Haw.
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