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DEVON, David
(Service number 7/433)

Geraldine Men for Europe — Pictured are (from left to right) BACK ROW: Benjamin Edwards, James Patrick, Hamilton Elmslie, Anthony Johnstone, Herbert Millar, Edward Templer, Herbert Campbell; FRONT ROW: David Devon, Thomas Squire, John Howard, John Kennedy (Mayor), Leonard Mason, William Davis, William Scott (South Canterbury Museum 1574)

David Devon — A short biography presented in an interactive within the exhibition "1914: South Canterbury on the Eve of War", exhibited from 5 August to 23 November (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Farrier Sergeant

Birth

Date	18/12/1890	Place of Birth	Gimmerburn

Enlistment Information

Date	13/08/1914	Age	23
Address at Enlistment	Geraldine
Occupation	Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. Devon, Gimmerburn, Otago
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	5ft 6.5, 151 lbs, blue eyes

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt, Gallipoli
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 November 1917	Age	27
Place of Death	Palestine
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Reference	B. 31
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Hugh & Margaret Devon; husband of Margaret Devon of Gimmerburn

Sources

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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