LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Philip DAVIS
Service No: 16248
Born: Subiaco WA, 19 July 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 April 1940
Unit: No. 37 Squadron (RAF), Abu Sueir, Egypt
Died: Self-Inflicted Injuries: Egypt, 5 August 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Josiah and Helen Davis, of Subiaco, Western Australia.
Roll of Honour: Subiaco WA
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cenotaph Undercroft, State War Memorial, Kings Park WA
Leading Aircraftman Philip Davis, Fitter IIA, died of self-inflicted injuries in the Abu Sueir Hospital, Egypt, on 5 August 1942. He was serving 14 days close detention for insubordination. A Court of Inquiry concluded that there had been gross negligence on the part of the Guard Commander in allowing Leading Aircraftman Davis access to the Guard Room where he was able to pick up a rifle and a cartridge.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/100/238