DAVIDSON, Oliver Provan
| Service Numbers: | 1410, N106266 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, 3 years 16th MG battalion |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8 Garrison Battalion (NSW) |
| Born: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-63. 17. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1410, 34th Infantry Battalion, 3 years 16th MG battalion | |
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| 1 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1410, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW hand | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1410, 34th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW hand | |
| 4 Mar 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, The Battle of Amiens, 8th August 1918 at Accroche Wood, Somme. Although wounded, Lt Davidson advanced through Accroche Wood. When his platoon was held up by a MG he lead a party forward killing three and capturing two with an MG captured. Lead his platoon through to second objective where he collapsed through loss of blood and exhaustion. | |
| 2 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1410, 34th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N106266, 8 Garrison Battalion (NSW) | |
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| 4 Jan 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N106266, 8 Garrison Battalion (NSW) |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement 1410 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell to Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
47 years ago today, on the 9th February 1973, Lieutenant Oliver Provan Davidson (M.C.), 34th Battalion, plumber and gas fitter (shipbuilding), from College Street, Stockton, New South Wales and King Street, Stockton, N.S.W. and 19 Douglas Street, Stockton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 78. ANGLICAN 1-63. 17.
Born at Stockton, New South Wales on the 12th May 1894 to Thomas Stuart and Jane Davidson; husband of Yda Rose Davidson nee Thompson (married 1920, died 1979), Ollie enlisted January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138749002
Wounded in action - 12.10.1917 (GSW left hand, 1st Battle of Passchendaele), 8.8.1918 (GSW hand - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140974422), Mr Davidson was awarded the Military Cross 20.9.1918 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137492404, and returned home November 1919.
His name has been inscribed on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial and the Stockton Congregational Church Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138748602.
Older brother Robert (Reg No-1906, 18th Battalion, born 1886, died 1950) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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