Fragments of the First AIF - Pte Arthur George Davis

The story of a young man from Delegate, NSW, and the salacious gossip that plagued his childhood. And yet, he grew up to be a great footballer and everyone's best mate.

Episode 5: Pte Arthur George Davis, 1st Battalion

Sources:

• Service Record  

• ‘Local and Other Items,’ Delegate Argus  & Border Post, 16 June 1898, p.3  

• ‘Bombala Divorce Suit,’ Delegate Argus & Border Post, 18 June 1904, p.6  

• ‘District Doings,’ Delegate Argus, 27 August 1914, p.5  

• ‘Football Match,’ Delegate Argus, 11 August 1911, p.2

• ‘Personal Pars,’ Delegate Argus, 20 May 1915, p.2  

• ‘Letter from the Front,’ Delegate Argus, 7 October 1915, p.2

• ‘Letters from the Front,’ Delegate Argust, 2 March 1916, p.2  

• ‘Letters from the Front,’ Delegate Argus, 9 March 1916, p.2

• ‘Private Arthur Davis Killed,’ Delegate Argus, 23 December 1915, p.2  

• ‘Delegate: From Our Own Correspondent,’ The Bombala Times, 3 March 1916, p.1  

• ‘How He Died: The Late Private AG Davis,’ The Bombala Times, 3 March 1916, p.1

• Roll of Honour Circular