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Ernest Graham DAVIDSON

Regimental number1532
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolAbbotsford State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, T Davidson, 126 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlistment date4 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1449
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 14/18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary A. DAVIDSON, 126 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Born at Brunswick, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3285 Pte Alan Alexander DAVIDSON, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 April 1919; Cousins: 1276 Pte William SANDERS, 37th Bn, killed in action, 7-9 February 1916; 1277 Pte Herbert SANDERS, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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