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DAVIDSON, Charles Alexander
(Service number 73678)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/11/1897	Place of Birth	Mosgiel

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	100 The Terrace, Wellington
Occupation	Telegraphist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	M. DAVIDSON (mother), Factory Road, Mosgiel
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

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	40th Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Date	10 July 1918
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	26 November 1986	Age	89 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Mangere Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Alexander Davidson was the son of Alexander and Margaret Davidson. In 1915 he was a postal cadet at Waimate. He married Mavis Grace Holmes in 1930 at Gisborne.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 November 2018]; information from Ken Elliot, 18 September 2018

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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