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James Lancaster Davies

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Image of gravestone at Purewa Cemetery provided by Paul F. Baker November 2011. - This image may be subject to copyright

Image of gravestone at Purewa Cemetery provided by Paul F. Baker November 2011. - This image may be …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Lancaster AWMM
  • Surname
    Davies AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 32564 AWMM
    • WWI 418784 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 November 1886 Military Personnel File London, England Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Emma Davies (mother), 20 Calfe Road, Forest Hill, London AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 6 May 1915 Military Personnel File Motor vehicle inspector Military Personnel File
    Montreal, Quebec Military Personnel File
  • 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
    28 September 1918 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Gun shot wound, left arm - Cambrai AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married to Jean Campbell Davies, 2 Sons Thomas Lancaster Davies and James Cyril Lancaster Davies. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 March 1949 Probate
    Age 63 AWMM
    Probate
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block A Row 27 Plot 091 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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01 February 2021Mark LeonardAlexandra New ZealandOther relative

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