Richard George DAVIS

Regimental number12990
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Davis, Houhoura, North Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 53 Navua on 6 May 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3-4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah Davis, 56 Anglesea Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, and the late Richard Alfred Davis. Native of Kamo, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 23

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