John Henry DAVIDSON

DAVIDSON, John Henry

    Service Number: SX9061
    Enlisted: 16 July 1940, Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
    Born: Penola, SA, 4 October 1918
    Home Town: Penola, Wattle Range, South Australia
    Schooling: Penola Higher Primary School
    Occupation: Mill Hand
    Died: Illness, Burma, 17 September 1943, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
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    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Penola Scholars Roll of Honor, Penola War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    16 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, SX9061
    16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
    16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX9061, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Henry George and Elizabeth Clara Henrietta Davidson, of Penola, South Australia.

    Educated at Penola High Primary School he was a prominent player in the Penola Football Team for four years winning several trophies, and a member of the 3rd Light Horse in 1939.  He enlisted in June 1940, and left for overseas in January 1941. He was reported missing in Malaya.

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