Frank Lewis Davis

Forenames

Frank Lewis AWMM

Surname

Davis AWMM

Service number

WWI 797626 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Jewish AWMM

Birth

16 Oct 1897 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 02 May 1918 AWMM Ryecroft, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mr Mark Davis (father), C/o C.H. Drysdale & Company, Customs Street West, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 797626 AWMM

Military service

Divisional Signals Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 02 May 1918 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Specialist Company AWMM New Zealand Army AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  168 pounds AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from influenza and broncho pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, 44th Specialist Company AWMM

Frank Davis was the son of Mark and Miriam Julia Davis, of Auckland.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Attested voluntarily 17 October 1917.

He died in the evening of the 9th November, the date of death is recorded as the 10th on the personnel file.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Next of Kin: Mr M. Davis, Box 337, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

9 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 132. A. Jewish Portion. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1919. AWMM

Memorial name

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Chevra Kadisha & Bikkur Cholim, WW1, Auckland Hebrew Congregation, 108 Greys Avenue, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995763
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Soldiers' Deaths. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 120, 16 November 1918, Page 8
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181116.2.51&srpos
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=379
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1919, Second term. p.13.
• The New Zealand Herald
  12 November 1918, p1. Death notice
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Research relating to New Zealand Jewish service personnel was kindly provided by Peter Allen (February 2026).