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DAVISON, Alexander Hubert Hawdon
| Service Number: | 37113 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1917, Enlisted at Unley, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 28 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School, St Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 3 February 1980, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Blakiston (St. James) Anglican Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37113, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Unley, SA | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37113, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37113, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From re-enforcements | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, In France | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 37113 | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 37113, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
37113 Alexander Hubert Hawdon DAVISON was born in Adelaide on 28 October 1896. He had attended Mr Carozzi’s private school in Mount Gambier before being enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 26 January 1910 by his father, John Hawdon Davison, a barrister, of Evelyn Street, Mount Gambier. He left Mount Gambier High School on 30 December 1910,333 then enrolled at St Peter’s College in Adelaide 334 before joining the South Australian Government Survey Department.335
He enlisted at Unley, South Australia, on 30 January 1917 (20, surveyor, single, Church of England) naming his father, John Hubert Hawdon Davison of Mount Gambier, as his next of kin, having previously been rejected as a result of his eyesight. He embarked from Melbourne on the ‘Port Sydney’ on 9 November 1917, disembarked at Suez in Egypt on 12 December, re- embarked from Alexandria in Egypt on 18 December 1917 and travelled via Taranto, eventually disembarking at Southampton on 4 January 1918.
He was hospitalised for several weeks during March in England with measles before being sent to France on 15 April 1918, and joined the 4th Division Artillery Column on 24 April. He was marched out to England in February 1919 and there was granted leave to attend surveying school at Southampton from 13 March to 30 June 1919. He left England on the ‘Norman’ for return to Australia, disembarked on 15 August 1919, returned to Mount Gambier by train in late August where he received a public welcome home, 336 and was discharged from the AIF on 7 September.
56072 Frederick Charles ELLIOTT was born at Mount Gambier on 26 October 1899. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 9 October 1911 by his father, Charles Fred Elliott, labourer, of Commercial Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 27 September 1912.
He enlisted at Mount Gambier on 13 March 1918 (18, labourer, married, Presbyterian) naming his wife, Mrs A.M. Elliott of Mount Gambier as his next of kin. He embarked from Melbourne on the ‘Marathon’ on 23 July 1918, disembarked at London on 27 September 1918 and was attached to the 1st Training Battalion.
He was sent to France on 22 November 1918 and joined the 1st Division Artillery Column on 4 December. He embarked from France for England in early May 1919, and left England for return to Australia on the ‘Suevic’ in July, disembarked on 7 September and was discharged on 23 September. He was given a welcome home at the Compton Downs School on Friday 10 October 1919.
Published in Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War by Graeme Roulstone
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Hubert Hawdon Davison and Adelaide Hawdon Davison nee Buttrose of Mount Gambier, SA
On 12 March 1921 Alexander married Florence Mabel Bosisto in the Parkside Methodist Church, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Norman disembarked on 15 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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