Albert John Vivian DAVIS

Regimental number17/45
Date of birth28 May 1890
Place of birthLake Wanaka
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrocer's assistant
AddressWaverley, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 4.75"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Davis, Waverley, Invercargill
Previous military serviceServed for 12 months in the School Cadets. Previously rejected for military service: grounds not recorded.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
The 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Veterinary Corps, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 15 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'). It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Veterinary Corps
FateDied of disease 4 October 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialInvercargill (Eastern) Cemetery
Other details

War service: Egypt.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Willochra', 15 March 1915.

Medical Board, Dunedin, 30 August 1915, concluded that soldier was suffering from lackycardia, gonorrhoea and pulmonary turberculosis; gonorrhoea not caused by military duty; TB caused by military duty.

Died of phthisis, Dunedin Hospital, 4 October 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Veterinary Corps/Second
Date of death4 October 1915 Dunedin
Age at death25
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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