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DAVEY, Francis James
(Service number 8/1448 & 1/22/20)

The Davey family, circa 1912 — Taken about the time of Bertha's marriage. The image shows (from left to right):
BACK ROW: Arthur, Charles, Bertha, Henry, and Frank;
FRONT ROW: George (Father), Stanley, and Marie Jane (Mother) (Courtesy of C Trumper )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	27 November 1886	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	15 December 1914. 18 July 1940 (WWII)	Age	28 yrs. 54 yrs (WWII)
Address at Enlistment	Kiri Road, Te Kiri
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. Widowed (WWII)
Next of Kin	Mrs A. F. DAVEY (wife). Miss J. DAVEY (daughter), care of G. DAVEY, Main North Road, Temuka, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Infantry Battalion. GVP Home Defence (WWII)
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment. Home Service Section (WWII)

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	5 March 1916. 9 January 1941 (WWII)	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Suffered a gun shot wound to the left shoulder on 9 May 1915. Admitted to St George's Hospital, Malta, & Walton-on-Thames Hospital, London.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	21 July 1948	Age	61 yrs
Place of Death	Taumarunui
Cause	Cancer
Notices	NZ Herald, 22 July 1948
Memorial or Cemetery	Manunui Cemetery, Manunui
Memorial Reference	RSA Section
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of George & Maria Jane (nee FINLAY) DAVEY, of Temuka. Brother Stanley Edward DAVEY was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme. Brothers Arthur & Henry George DAVEY also served in WWI. Served in the Home Defence in WWII. Married Jane Maria CAMPBELL in 1913, at Pihama (she died in 1913); married 2nd lice Fanny CORBETT in 1917 at Wellington. Five children.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [11 August 2013].

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