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George Edward Davis

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Davis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2052 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Coromandel, Coromandel District Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 16 September 1914 AWMM Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs James Kelly, Lonsdale Street, Dandenong, Victoria AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 September 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1917 Dublin (Easter Uprising) while on leave Public - Ken - Direct descendant - 26 February 2017 - GE Davis (my father's father) left a way diary that goes from his departure from Melbourne docks in Nov 1914 to his return to Sydney Harbour 22 Nov 1918
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2052 AWMM
  • Military service
    • New Zealand Army, Territorial Force Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
      Served in Territorial Force, New Zealand. AWMM
    • not sure this is correct Public - Ken - Direct descendant - 26 February 2017 - GE Davis (my father's father) left a way diary that goes from his departure from Melbourne docks in Nov 1914 to his return to Sydney Harbour 22 Nov 1918
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 16 September 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 21 AWMM
    Motor Driver/Military Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Melbourne, Victoria Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 4.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      141 lb AWMM
    • Repatriated to London 1916 following gassing in Galipoli and then again in the Somme. Public - Ken - Direct descendant - 26 February 2017 - Died of those wounds 1949 Concord Military Repat Hospital Sydney

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Darwin', 8 October 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 24 December 1918; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 22 February 1919. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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26 February 2017KenSydney, AustraliaDirect descendant

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