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DAVIDSON, Frederick
(Service number 85677)

Aliases Enlisted as Fred DAVIDSON.
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Birth

Date 13/09/1886 Place of Birth Forfarshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Care H. L. Fenn, Grange Hill, Cave, South Canterbury
Occupation Sheep station assistant
Previous Military Experience Black Watch Volunteers (Scotland); resigned as his time was up.
Marital Status Married. One child
Next of Kin Mrs J. McL. DAVIDSON (wife), Care Mrs iley, 125 Church Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

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Discharge

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Death

Date 26 September 1952 Age 66 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 42, Plot 361
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frederick (Fred) Davidson was the eldest son of David and Ann (Annie, née Dorward) Davidson, from Forfarshire, Scotland. In 1891 and 1901 Fred was at home at Kirkden, Forfarshire, with his parents and siblings (six boys and two girls), in 1901 a news agents message boy. He married johanna McLean on 21 January 1910 at Frockheim, Forfarshire. Their only child, Albert Dick, was born on 23 July 1911 at Frockheim. Two of his brothers - Arthur and Mark - were killed in action in France, Arthur in 1916 and Mark in 1918. Two others - Charles and Henry - also enlisted.

Sources

Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [22 December 2019]; 1891 & 1901 census returns for Scotland (ancestry.com.au) [27 December 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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