Topic: BW - NSW - NSWCBC
30 Trooper Frank Lomas Davidson, NSW Citizens' Bushmen
30 Trooper Frank Lomas Davidson
Frank Lomas Davidson was born in 1875 at Adelong, NSW. A labourer by trade, Davidson enlisted in the NSW Citizens' Bushmen becoming 30 Trooper Frank Lomas Davidson and allotted to "A" Squadron. Davidson is recorded in Murray, p. 76. At the end of the month, on 28 February 1900, the men of the contingent boarded the SS Atlantian from Cowper Wharf where they remained for the next 24 hours. The next day, following Admiralty rules, on 1 March 1900, the ship departed Sydney Heads for South Africa. Davidson was invalided back to Australia on 3 November 1900.
During the Great War, Frank Lomas Davidson enlisted in the 11th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement. Frank Lomas Davidson, a brief military biography from The AIF Project:
Frank Lomas DAVIDSON
Regimental number 4053
Place of birth Queensland
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Bushman
Address Meatly's Road, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 34
Next of kin Mother, Mrs M Davidson, Forbes Road, Parkes, New South Wales
Enlistment date 24 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 4 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 11th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/28/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 22 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 25th Battalion
Fate Discharged 9 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *Stated to be Frank Lomar Davidson on NR
Other details
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death 5 July 1935
Age at death 61
Place of burial Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia
Citation: 30 Trooper Frank Lomas Davidson
