DAVIE, Alexander
| Service Number: | 23 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Malta, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot XV, Row A, Grave 5 INSCRIPTION GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NOR EVER WILL BE BY HIS LOVING MOTHER , Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 23, Melbourne, Victoria | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 23, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 23, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 23, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 23, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (fractured femur) |
Help us honour Alexander Davie's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother, Private James McKinley Davie, Service Number 95, who died 16th May 1915 whilst serving with the 7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. is interred nearby.
Biography
Wounded in action, 9 October 1915; admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 9 October 1915 (gun shot wound, compound fractured femur); transferred to Hospital Ship, 9 October 1915; admitted to Tigne Military Hospital, Malta, 13 October 1915
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Robert McKinley Davie and Jane Sophia Davie, of 146, McPherson St., Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.
95 James McKinley Davie, 7th Bn, died of wounds, 16 May 1915.
Click images to start slideshow.