| Hylton Davies | |
| Fullname: | Hylton George Leslie Davies |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Retired: | yes |
| Club1: | Newtown |
| Year1start: | 1936 |
| Year1end: | 39 |
| Appearances1: | 22 |
| Tries1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 3 |
| Teama: | Metropolis |
| Yearastart: | 1936 |
| Appearancesa: | 1 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Source: | [1] |
| Updated: | 14 August 2019 |
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.