DAVIDSON, David
| Service Number: | 523 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 February 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France Grave IV. A. 2. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 523 | |
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| 29 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 523, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 523, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 15 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted and served under alias David Sturrock
He is honoured on the Balmashanner Hill War Memorial- at Forfar - Angus District.
It is a grand castellated edifice, built 1920-1 to a design by architect Thomas R. Soutar to commemorate those fallen in the First World War.
It stands in the park behind the baths on Uplour Road. Known locally as ‘Bummie’ or Boammie,
it is located on the top of Balmashanner Hill a mile south of the centre of Forfar. The monument was dedicated by Queen Mary on the 11th September, 1921 and comprises a square tower, with a substantial plinth, more slender middle-section and a corbelled top, featuring a parapet and small projecting pepperpot turret, all constructed of local sandstone.
The tablet above the door bears the inscription:
'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF FORFAR AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 18.
There are four Australian soldier casualties honoured on the Forfar war memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Date of enlistment: 24.12.1914
Place of enlistment: Alderley, Queensland
Service no: 523-Australian Machine Gun Corps-7th Company.
Sergeant Sturrock was the alias name under which he served his true name was Davidson.
His half-sister was Miss Nellie Sturrock, of Lawson Place, Dundee, Scotland.
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