His story
Albert John Vivian Davis was born at Lake Wanaka and was the son of Letitia Davis of Invercargill. A Public Trust notice in the New Zealand Gazette describes him as a grocer’s assistant of Invercargill.
He served in the New Zealand Veterinary Corps and embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements in December 1914. After returning to New Zealand, he died at Dunedin Hospital on 4 October 1915, aged twenty-one. He was buried at Invercargill Eastern Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- New Zealand service
- Place of birth
- Lake Wanaka, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Grocer's assistant
- Family
- Mother: Letitia Davis, Invercargill
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 17/45
- Corps or service
- New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 4 October 1915
- Age
- 21
- Cemetery or memorial
- Invercargill Eastern Cemetery
- Grave reference
- Block 13, Plot 14
Sources and further reading
- NEW ZEALAND WAR GRAVES PROJECT
- indexed Gazette reproduction
- Gazette issue, 27 January 1916, printed page 284
- A Street Near You entry
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Albert John Vivian Davis”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/albert_john_vivian_davis/.
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