DAVIDSON, Elliot Scott
| Service Number: | 6979 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom, January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Loom fitter |
| Died: | Hamilton South, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 78. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6979, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6979, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6979, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 4 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6979, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
48 years ago today, on the 12th February 1975, Private Elliot Scott Davidson, 4th Battalion (Reg No-6979), loom fitter from 37 Donald Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 8 Thomas Street, Hamilton South, N.S.W., father of two, 40 years a widower, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 89. PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 78.
Born at Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom about 1886 to William and Annie Davidson of 15 Livingstone Place, Galashiels, Scotland, United Kingdom; husband of Clara May Davidson nee Graham (married 1919, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 4.8.1935, age 41, sleeping here.
Wounded in action - 4.10.1917 (GSW left buttock, left leg and shoulder).
Invalided to England 17.10.1917.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding, returning home, etc.
Elliot returned home on the 13th February 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 24th July 1918.
Mr. Davidson’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Newcastle) Roll of Honour and the Newcastle Gas & Coke Company Limited Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at the gravesite in remembrance of Elliot’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service Record states Died after Discharge, 5/2/1936 (incorrect).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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