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DAVIDSON, Douglas Howard

Service Number:	469
Enlisted:	6 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wandearah, South Australia, Australia, 3 October 1893
Home Town:	Crystal Brook, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Crystal Brook State School; Port Pirie High School, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Sheep Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row L. Grave 54.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook District WW1 Roll of Honour, Crystal Brook Rotunda, The South Australian National War Memorial, Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 469, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 469, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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