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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 10, 2017. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Phillip Davey* was awarded the Victoria Cross for killing an eight-man machine gunner team, which "saved his platoon from annihilation"?*
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I came across an old photo of my grandfathers of the Southlife tower from 1961 and thought it would make a great addition to the history portion of the page. Jcb344 (talk) 19:47, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Please make your request for a new image to be uploaded to Files For Upload. Once the file has been properly uploaded, feel free to reactivate this request to have the new image used. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 19:54, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Health problems

Something I was wondering while reading: were Davey's bronchitis and COPD long-term complications from the injuries he received at Merris? Do the sources give any indication? —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 20:53, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have always assumed they were as a result of the gassing, but none of the sources state an explicit link. Maybe his Repatriation Commission files would. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 01:41, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Time balance

It is very interesting that the four years of this man's army service accounts for about 7/8 of the text in the article, while the next 35 years of his life is practically dismissed in two short paragraphs (five lines total), despite that this was a Featured Article. Did he really do nothing of import in the second half of his life? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 13:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

G'day Piledhigheranddeeper. This is incredibly common for soldiers whose only claim to notability is their military service and the award of the highest medal for valour. It reflects the weight given in the Australian Dictionary of Biography and in the various books about recipients of the VC. I would not say that the rest of his life is "dismissed", it is covered in as much detail as is available, and the article is therefore comprehensive. Post-war his life was fairly unremarkable, he worked for the railways and was quite ill over many years as a result of his service. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:14, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can see books about VC recipients dwelling on little else, but I would have to think that other works would not be so narrow. Did he have an obituary published in the local paper? One wonders about Wikipedia's notability criteria from time to time.... --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 14:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I fail to see how that doesn't apply to a bunch of different people across a range of fields. It is hardly restricted to military people. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 20:54, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And I have criticized those articles, too. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 23:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]