Robert William DAVIDSON MM

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DAVIDSON, Robert William

Service Number:	1815
Enlisted:	10 June 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woolsthorpe, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1891
Home Town:	Woolsthorpe, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Woolsthorpe State School
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Woolsthorpe Seven Memorial Plaque, Woolsthorpe WWI War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1815, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1815, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1815, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1815 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George Somerville DAVIDSON and Mary DAVIDSON nee McLAREN, Woolsthorpe, Victoria

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry in the assault on part of the HINDENBURG Line on 3rd May. He responded to an urgent call for a reinforcement for the Tramway cutting with 20 men and eventualy covered the retirement from that point. Later whilst Sergeant Irving was leading a party to repel a bomb attack he was wounded and Corporal DAVIDSON then completed the dispersal of the enemy.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Corporal Davidson enlisted in June 1915, and sailed for the front in July 1915. He was 15 weeks on Gallipoli, and went to France in April 1916. He was wounded at Armentieries and also at Pozieres, but went back to the firing line. He was posted missing after the Bullecourt fighting in May last, and has not been heard of since.

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