Arthur Wilfred Davitt

Forenames

Arthur Wilfred AWMM

Surname

Davitt AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2684 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Maungaturoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Davitt (father), care of General Post-office, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2684 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Arthur Davitt was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Davitt, of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Next of Kin: Mrs S. Hopkins, Ponsonby, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. C. 10. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996079
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276099/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276099
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 180
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915