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Frank Lang Davis

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 27), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 27), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Lang AWMM
  • Surname
    Davis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/1965 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 February 1880 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Post Office, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M.J. Grieves (friend), GPO, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/1965 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Helen Davis, 15 Maidstone Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland.

    Absent without leave from the trenches and later from billets in Fleurbaix from 22 December 1916 - to 26 December 1916. Found guilty and sentenced to 3 years penal servitude. Sentence suspended dated February 1917. Out of bounds June 1917, awarded 14 days Field Punishment. Sentenced again and forfeited pay. Sentence suspended 27 August 1918, released from Military Prison. Entrained for the front. Killed in action 9 September 1918. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 September 1918 AWMM
    Havrincourt, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM VII. C. 17. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

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