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DAVIS, William John
(Service number 7/38)

Trooper W J Davis — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Geraldine Men for Europe — Pictured are (from left to right) BACK ROW: Benjamin Edwards, James Patrick, Hamilton Elmslie, Anthony Johnstone, Herbert Millar, Edward Templer, Herbert Campbell; FRONT ROW: David Devon, Thomas Squire, John Howard, John Kennedy (Mayor), Leonard Mason, William Davis, William Scott (South Canterbury Museum 1574)

William Davis — A short biography presented in an interactive within the exhibition "1914: South Canterbury on the Eve of War", exhibited from 5 August to 23 November (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	24 May 1894	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Geraldine, New Zealand
Occupation	Stable Hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	W. Davis, Geraldine, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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	1 September 1915	Age
Place of Death	Mudros, Greece
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	East Mudros Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece
Memorial Reference	II. K. 188.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

William Davis was the son of Mr W. Davis, of Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 Nov 2013]; Military Record held at Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20995938 - digitised

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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