From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)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)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 )
First Rank
Trooper
Last Rank
Trooper
Birth
Date
24/05/1894
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
Military Service
Served with
NZ Armed Forces
Served in
Army
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
Death
Date
1 September 1915
Age
Place of Death
Mudros, Greece
Cause
Died of disease
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
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John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG
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