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DAVIDSON, Francis
(Service number 49608)

Aliases	Frank
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	02/07/1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	26 February 1917	Age	20 years 7 months
Address at Enlistment	183 North Street, Timaru
Occupation	Storeman
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment (still serving)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. A. DAVIDSON (mother), 183 North Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 129 lbs. Chest measurement 30½-33 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes brown. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left arm). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	13 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War 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	20 August 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service (right lower .... scoliosis).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 April 1980	Age	83 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis (Frank) Davidson was born on 2 July 1896 or 17 June 1894 at Timaru, the son of Andrew McKenzie Davidson (or Andrew?) and his wife Mary Anne née Wilds, and a brother of John Davidson.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0032014) [04 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W55627 0129745) [05 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 14 Februry 1917, 16 March 1917, Star, 6 July 1918, Temuka Leader, 9 July 1918 (Papers Past) [09 August 2016]

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