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Edmund Bromley Davy

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edmund Bromley AWMM
  • Surname
    Davy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 18900 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Circa 1887 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    about 1887 Public - Geri - Other relative - 1 July 2019 - Edmond's father came to New Zealand in 1875 . He married his wife Minnie Bilkey about 1886 & Edmund Bromley Davy was born there about 1887. Edmund has two other siblings, William Henry Davy & Mabel Jane Douglas Davy.
  • Place of birth
    New Zealand Public - Geri - Other relative - 1 July 2019 - The New Zealand Herald, 17 September 1936
(New Zealand)
    DAVY.—On September 16, at his residence, Eight Avenue, Tauranga, William Vinicombe, beloved husband of Mary Ursula (Minnie), and loving father of Dr. Davy, of Jansenville, South Africa, and Mrs. Amos Smith, Tauranga; aged 82 years.
    Funeral will leave Holy Trinity Church at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Friday).
    The New Zealand Herald, 18 September 1936
(New Zealand)
    OBITUARY
    MR. WILLIAM V. DAVY
    [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT]
    TAURANGA, Thursday
    The death has occurred of Mr. William Vinicombe Davy, aged 82. Mr. Davy came of a very old Cornish family and was a descendant of Sir Humphrey Davy, one of the greatest of chemists and well known for his invention of the safety lamp for miners. Mr. Davy was born in Penzance and came to New Zealand in 1875 in the ship Halcyone. He took up land in Buckland, where he remained until 1919, when he retired to Tauranga. In 1886 Mr Davy married Miss Mary Ursula (Minnie) Bilkey at Pukekohe, and their golden w
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.V. Davy (father), Buckland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18900 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 Unknown AWMM Commercial agent/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
    12 Oct 1917 {Age 30} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Wounds received at Passchendaele AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edmund Davy was the son of William Vinicombe Davy and Minnie Davy, of Buckland, Waikato, New Zealand. Left New Zealand with the 19th Reinfs. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV. F. 5. 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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 July 2019GeriCanadaOther relative
15 April 2015JohnNew ZealandResearcher

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