Francis DAVISON

Regimental number7/639
AddressSt Leonards, Amuri
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice Wilmot Davison, Lowry Park, Culverden, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 3), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Hawdon Davison and Margaret Davison, St Leonards, Culverden; Wife: Alice Wilmot Davison, Lowry Peaks, Culverden, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body