Daniel DAVEY

Regimental number23/113
Date of birth26 November 1890
Place of birthBrighton, Otago
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPapakaio
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Davey, Papakaio, Oamaru, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 May 1915
Place of enlistmentChristchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 10 October 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitA Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: John and Ellen Davey, Broomfield, Papakaio, Oamaru, Otago; Wife: Nellie Florence Vernon (formerly Davey), 30A Pinner Road, Oxhey, Watford, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 15 November 1915.

Embarked for Marsa Matruh, 20 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 17 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, 13 April 1916 (diarrhoea); discharged to Base, Etaples, 23 April 1916.

Admitted to No 24 General Hospital, Etaples, 22 May 1916 (measles); transferred to Segregation Camp, 26 May 1916; rejoined Bn, 20 June 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 March 1917 (mumps); transferred to No 7 General Hospital, 30 March 1917; rejoined Bn, 20 April 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 14 August 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 26 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 8 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

War service: 2 years 138 days (of which 735 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: A Company/1st NZRB
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 20995337