Hylton Davies
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| Full name | Hylton George Leslie Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 July 1945 (aged 29) Balikpapan, Borneo, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hylton George Leslie "Heck" Davies (1915-1945) was an Australian AIF officer who fell in WWII during the Battle of Balikpapan. He had been a top-grade rugby league footballer who played for Newtown in the NSWRFL in the 1930s.
Rugby career
[edit]Davies played four seasons of first grade for Newtown[2] between 1936 and 1939 before his war service.
Military service
[edit]Davies enlisted in the AIF in late 1939 and didn't play rugby league again.[3] He attained the rank of captain in the Australian Army and he served in Great Britain, Syria, The Middle East, Kokoda Track, Lae and Borneo.[4]
Hylton Davies was killed during the Battle of Balikpapan in 1945 when a Japanese mortar shell hit Davies' battalion's headquarters.[5]
Personal
[edit]Davies married Lurline Hook, diving gold medallist at the 1938 Empire Games. She and their son, Ian, survived him.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hylton Davies - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roll (Hylton Davies) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=125890[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Capt. H. C. Davies Killed in Action". The Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 24 July 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald- Death Notice 28/7/1945
