Virtual War Memorial | William Robert DAVIDSON MC, MID

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DAVIDSON, William Robert

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	27 March 1915
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 January 1890
Home Town:	Glenferrie, Victoria
Schooling:	South Melbourne and West Melbourne (King Street) State Schools, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Grain salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 August 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
10 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Aug 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne
16 Aug 1917:	Involvement Captain, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-08-16

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