William DAVIDSON

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DAVIDSON, William

Service Number:	1130
Enlisted:	19 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woolsthorpe, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Woolsthorpe, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Result of an Accident - hit by truck, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 25 June 1949
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Wall 2A, Niche 673
Memorials:	Woolsthorpe WWI War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1130, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1130, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George DAVIDSON and Mary DAVIDSON nee McLAREN, Woolsthorpe, Victoria.

DAVIDSON.— On June 25, result of accident, William Davidson, of 33 Shelley-street North Richmond, beloved husband of Minnie Davidson, and loved father of Lorna (Mrs. Delaney, late of Warrnambool and Woolsthorpe.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON, 56, wool scourer, married, of Shelley-st., North Richmond, was killed on Saturday night when he stepped from the footpath in Victoria-st., Abbotsford, and was hit by a utility truck.

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