Percy Albert DAVIDSON

DAVIDSON, Percy Albert

    Service Number: 1102
    Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: GSW abdomen, Haubourdin, France, 20 July 1916
    Cemetery: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez
    Plot XVI, Row C. Grave No. 1, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1102, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1102, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1102, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1102, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to abdomen. Taken as POW and died of wounds the next day 20 July 1916 at Haubourdin, France
    19 Jul 1916: Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Died of wounds 20 July 1916 at Haubourdin, France

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.

    Unofficially reported as a Prisoner of War in Germany by Sergeant O.S. Cole (letter dated 27 July 1916).

    Officially reported, 29 October 1916, as 'Died of Wounds whilst Prisoner of War, 20 July 1916 (gun shot wound abdomen)' and buried at Haubourdin Cemetery.

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