DAVIE, George William Kennedy
(Service number 77025)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 07/01/1898 | Place of Birth | Balclutha |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Evans Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Draper | ||
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| Next of Kin | W. DAVIE (father), 3 Evans Street, Waimataitai, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4nd Reinforcements, D Company | ||
| Date | ! August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *1966 | Age | |
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Biographical Notes
Frederick James Davie was the younger son of William and Mary Ellen (née Kennedy). Frederick was educated at Roughridge School at Oturehua, and Waimataitai School, Timaru. G. W. K. Davie embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919. He married Gwendolyn Olive Baird in 1924.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cneotaph Database [06 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; School Admission records; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]
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