Samuel John DAVIDSON

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DAVIDSON, Samuel John

Service Number:	3970
Enlisted:	13 April 1917, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 26 July 1892
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Cottesloe State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 24 April 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Memorials:	Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Claremont Teachers College War Memorial, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial, Peppermint Grove St Columba's Presbyterian Church Cottesloe WWI Honour Board, Peppermint Grove St Columba's Presbyterian Church DAVIDSON Memorial Plaque, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3970, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Perth, WA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3970, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3970, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
24 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3970, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Sergeant S. J. DAVIDSON, son of William and Frances Davidson, of Bridge St., Gawler South, South Australia, was killed in action in France on April 24. The deceased soldier (who was rejected five times) enlisted in Western Australia, arriving in England in December last. He was, at the time of enlisting, first assistant at the Government school, Albany, W.A. His brother, Private R. H. Davidson, is on active service in Palestine.

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