Harry Keith DAVISON

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DAVISON, Harry Keith

Service Number:	297
Enlisted:	18 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, 10 December 1888
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unley public School, Unley, South Australia
Occupation:	Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 June 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 297, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 297, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 297, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
30 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion, In the field
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 297, 27th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right leg and evacuated to England on 22 August 1916
23 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion
11 Jun 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 297, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 297 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-11

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Harry and Emma Borina(nee Ferraro) Davison of 180 Chloride Street, Broken Hill, NSW later of 338 Chloride Street, Broken Hill originally of Norwood, SA; brother of Eva Borina Davison, Ivy Irene Davison, Constance Daphne Davison, Eric Douglas Davison who was killed in action on 29 September 1928 while serving with the 32nd Battalion, Cyril Goodwin Davison, Clement George Davison and Doris Eileen Davison

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victoruy Medal

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