George James DAVEY

Regimental number30428
Date of birth5 July 1896
Place of birthManukau, Manawatu Line
ReligionProtestant
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 2"
Weight121 lbs
Next of kinFather, W H Davey, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceServed in the 6th ----- Rifles; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment (Attestion Form illegible).
Enlistment date22 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21sr Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Manuka on 8 February 1917
Discharge date26 February 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Wellington, 8 February 1917; disembarked Suez, 4 April 1917, and posted to Wellington Mounted Rifles Training Regiment, Moascar.

Detached to School of Instruction, 3 June 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 12 June 1917.

Transferred to NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade, 19 June 1917.

Detached to Training Regiment, Moascar, 8 February 1918 (dental treatment); marched in to Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, in the field, from Moascar, 12 May 1918.

Appointed Temporary Cook, 28 May 1918; relinquished appointment as Temporary Cook, 10 June 1918, 10 June 1918.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, 4 October 1918 (accidental injury: burns, face: slight); transferred to 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 7 October 1918; to 71st General Hospital, Giza, 19 October 1918 (malaria); discharged to duty, 6 November 1918.

Listed by Medical Board, 25 November 1918, for return to New Zealand (post malaria debility).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board RL 'Malta', 4 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 26 February 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 187 days (of which 1 year 356 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 August 1973 Palmerston North
Age at death77
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 53, p. 2
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805