Hylton Davies

Hylton Davies

Personal information
Full name	Hylton George Leslie Davies
Born	(1915-12-28)28 December 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 July 1945(1945-07-16) (aged 29) Balikpapan, Borneo, Dutch East Indies
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936–39 Newtown 22 1 0 0 3 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936 Metropolis 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
Military career
Allegiance	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1939-1945
Rank	Captain
Unit	Second Australian Imperial Force
Battles / wars	World War II Syria–Lebanon campaign Kokoda Track campaign Borneo campaign Battle of Balikpapan
Spouse	Lurline Hook ​ (m. 1939)​
Relatives	Jack Davies (brother)

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.

Davies played four seasons of first grade for Newtown^[2] between 1936 and 1939 before his war service.

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]

Davies married Lurline Hook, diving gold medallist at the 1938 Empire Games. She and their son, Ian, survived him.^[4]