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 Davies played four seasons of first grade for NewtownAlan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. between 1936 and 1939 before his war service.
Military service Davies enlisted in the AIF in late 1939 and didn't play rugby league again.WW2 Nominal Roll (Hylton Davies) http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=125890 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.
Hylton Davies was killed during the Battle of Balikpapan in 1945 when a Japanese mortar shell hit Davies' battalion's headquarters.Sydney Morning Herald- Death Notice 28/7/1945
Personal Davies married Lurline Hook, diving gold medallist at the 1938 Empire Games. She and their son, Ian, survived him.
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