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Mar 1, 1889
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Born in Surrey, England
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Nov 17, 1914
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Attested into the No. 6 Company, CASC (Canadian
Army Service Corps) CEF in Montreal, Quebec
Ø Number 1837
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Nina
Davies, wife, 920 Cadieux St., Montreal, Quebec
Ø Previous occupation given as
Iron Worker
Ø Previous military experience
given as No. 4 Company Army Service Corps and the 5th Royal
Highlanders
Ø Religion given as Church of
England
Ø Posted to the 2nd
Division Train, CASC
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Apr 18, 1915
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Embarked the SS Grampian in Saint John, New
Brunswick
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Apr 29, 1915
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Disembarked in Avonmouth, England and proceeded
to Shorncliffe
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Jul 30, 1915
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Admonished for being absent overnight July 29-30
and forfeited 1 day’s pay for his absence
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Aug 11, 1915
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Sentenced to 7 days Field Punishment No. 2 and
forfeited 8 day’s pay for being absent
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Sep 13, 1915
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Embarked in Southampton
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Sep 14, 1915
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Disembarked in France
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Sep 29, 1915
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Sentenced to 7 days Field Punishment No. 2 for
irritating a horse by kicking him in the stomach.
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Oct 16, 1915
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
Posted to the Transport Section
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Jun 2, 1916
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After falling from a horse and sustaining injuries to his head
and hip, he was evacuated to the No. 2 British Northumbrian Field Ambulance
for first aid before being transferred to the 50th British
Division Rest Station
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Jun 15, 1916
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Rejoined the 21st Battalion in the
front line near Verbrande Molen, Belgium
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Oct 4, 1916
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Attached to the 2nd Division Mule
Fatigue for duty in Albert, France
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Oct 15, 1916
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Rejoined the 21st Battalion in Divion,
France
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Nov 26, 1916
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Admitted to the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance
with a diagnosis that reads PUO (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin), a fever without
a known cause. This was sometimes
referred to as Trench Fever
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Dec 1, 1916
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Discharged from the field ambulance and rejoined
the 21st Battalion west of Lens, France
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Jan 2, 1917
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Granted 10 days leave
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Jan 17, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion at Calonne, France from
leave
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Dec 8, 1917
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Granted 14 days leave
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Dec 23, 1917
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Rejoined the battalion at Auchy au Bois, France
from leave
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Feb 6, 1918
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Admitted the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance with
a diagnosis that reads Bronchitis. He
was transferred the same day to the No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance
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Feb 7, 1918
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Transferred to the No. 1 CCS (Casualty Clearing
Station)
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Feb 9, 1918
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Transferred via the No. 35 AT (Ambulance Train)
and admitted to the No. 1 Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France
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Mar 2, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship
Stad Antwerpen
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the
East Suffolk and Ipswich War Hospital in Ipswich (Broadwater Auxiliary
Hospital)
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Mar 21, 1918
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Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital
in Woodcote Park, Epsom
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May 10, 1918
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Discharged from hospital care and transferred to
the 6th Reserve Battalion in Seaford
Granted 10 days sick leave
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Jan 9, 1919
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Attached to Kinmel Park, Rhyl pending return to
Canada
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Jan 19, 1919
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Embarked the SS Aquitania in Liverpool
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Jan 24, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scoita and proceeded
to Montreal, Quebec where he was Taken On Strength of Military District No. 4
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Jan 27, 1919
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Posted to the Military District No 4 Casualty
Company
Granted leave until February 10, 1919
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Feb 15, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Montreal, Quebec
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “A”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge 734 Champagneur Ave., Outremont, Quebec
Following his discharge, the 1914-15 Star,
British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at PO Box 923 Cobalt,
Ontario
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Nov 21, 1962
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Arthur Thomas Davies died and was buried in the
Strathroy Municipal Cemetery, Strathroy, Ontario
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