Davison Herbert Denison Pte. 4452474
Personnel Entry
Name Davison Herbert Denison
Army number 4452474
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards. His MI9 form was completed on 13/5/1945.
Date of birth Born 13/1/1920, birth registered Q1 1920, mother's maiden surname Davison.
Age 59 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date confirmed as yet but certainly pre-WW2. Posted to the 8th Battalion? Posted to the 11th Bn DLI. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War on 20/5/1940 at Ficheux. Confirmation received 12/7/1940. Returned to the UK May 1945 Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 8/6/1946.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet ascertained, but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - PoW Number 438. Held in Camps - Oflag VIIC Bavaria 12/6/1940 to April 1941 (possibly as a Batman), Oflag VIB Germany April 1941 - March 1942, Stalag VIIIB Germany March 1942. He spent time at Work Camps in Germany - woodcutting, Upper Silesia - working in a food store, sugar factory and coal mines.
Died/Killed in action Died 26/7/1979 aged 59. Buried in Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Matraville, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia
Home address Worked as a footman. Lived at 5 Laurel Avenue, Sherburn Road, Durham. No family details available but research suggests he had a brother. Emigrated to Australia.
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