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DAVEY, Arthur
(Service number 52584)

The Davey family, circa 1912 — Taken about the time of Bertha's marriage. The image shows (from left to right):
BACK ROW: Arthur, Charles, Bertha, Henry, and Frank;
FRONT ROW: George (Father), Stanley, and Marie Jane (Mother) (Courtesy of C Trumper )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	14 December 1881	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	5 March 1917	Age	35 yrs
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	George DAVEY (father), Main Road, Temuka
Religion	Wesleyan
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	France via Devonport, England

Other Units Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Polderhoek
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory 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	28 April1920	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Severe gunshot wound to left leg (father advised by 3 December 1917). Admitted to hospital in France on 4 December 1917; admitted to hospital at Bethnal Green, Brockenhurst, England, & in New Zealand to Timaru & Burnham Hospitals. In 1919 he was in the Military Hospital in Timaru.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	19 September 1948	Age	67 yrs
Place of Death	Temuka
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 160, Plot 673
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of George & Margaret (nee COLLINS) DAVEY. Attended Temuka School. His military training was at Trentham Military Camp. He left Timaru for the Front on 11 April 1917. Farewelled from his home in June 1917, presented with a handsome wristlet watch & other gifts. Returned to NZ from England on 15 May 1918, by 'Marama'. Brother of Stanley Edward DAVEY who was killed in action at the Somme in 1916 & Francis James DAVEY & Henry George DAVEY who both also served in WWI. Married Gertrude STOKES, 1938, at Temuka. In July 1920 at the largest gathering ever seen in the Victoria Hall, Winchester, Arthur was one of the district soldiers who were welcomed home and presented with medals and thanked for what they had done for their country. .

Sources

Cenotaph Database [11 August 2013]; TDC headstone image, Temuka Cemetery [11 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 10 April 1917, 11 June 1917, 22 December 1917 & 29 December 1917, 19 July 1920 (Papers Past) [08 November 2013; 13 July 2014; 16 September 2014].

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