DAVISON, Walter Johnston
| Service Number: | 311546 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance, Vietnam |
| Born: | West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, 9 November 1940 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 27 January 1968, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Ashes Returned Relatives in Scotland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Vietnam War Service
| 20 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 311546, 8th Field Ambulance, Vietnam | |
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| 20 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 311546 |
Wattie's background
Walter - known to everyone as Wattie - was one of a family of six, Freda, Jean, Wattie, Elizabeth, Wilma and Alec. The family home was at Old Kilmadock, Doune, Perthshire in Scotland where his father was a forester on the Earl of Moray's estate.
As a young man Wattie worked on a hill sheep farm before enlisting in the Scots Guards - a premier UK regiment. As a friend of his brother Alec., I recollect seeing Wattie occasionally when home on leave, resplendent in his Guards uniform, the perfect Guardsman. Other than that, I only recollect ever seeing him wear a white open-necked shirt, summer or winter, and the photograph on this site catches him perfectly.
On leaving the Guards, he moved to Australia and joined the Army.
He was highly regarded, friendly and well liked at Doune. It is hard to believe it will be 50 years on 27 Jan. 2018 since he passed away.
Submitted 9 November 2017 by Brian Watson
Biography
Birth: Nov. 9, 1940
West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Death: Jan. 27, 1968
Bien Hoa
Dong Nai, Vietnam
311546 Walter Johnston Davison Age 27.
8th Field Ambulance
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
Private Davidson who was a Medic serving with 2RAR died at the 24th US Evacuation Hospital at Long Binh on 27th January 1968 of wounds received in Bien Hoa Province.
Note: Also appears in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance - Wall No1 Row D
Burial:
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.
Specifically: Ashes Returned Relatives in Scotland
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
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