DAVIDSON  K.McM.

Given Names:  Keith McMillan

               

Service Number:  4395

Unit:  24th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Acting Corporal                                                                                                    

Paybook Number:  260053

 

Age:  30 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Teacher                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11¾ In                

Weight:  149 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  BROTHER Arthur Irving Davidson

304 Glenferrie Road, Glenferrie, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  21/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Malwa

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  R O Padro                                       

Embarked:  27/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  17/7/1919

Unit:  39th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  12/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  37607

Victory Medal:  37251

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/10/1885

Place:  Geelong, Victoria                         

Father:  Arthur DAVIDSON                      

Mother:  Helen Allen PRITCHARD

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1928     

Place:             

Spouse: Elsie May PURNELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1967                                 

Place: Geelong, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 31/12/1916; gun shot wound, right thigh & buttock

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V351817                                     

Date Enlisted:  12/5/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  31/10/1945

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary