Captain
Peter
McLean
Davidson
Born in Lisbane, County Down, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ivy (Reilly) Davidson
— married
1930 in Queensland, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 41
in Ambon, Maluku, Nederlandsch-Indië
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Sep 2019
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Biography
Peter McLean Davidson was born in 1901 at Lisbane, County Down, Ireland.
Peter married Ivy Reilly in 1930 at Queensland.[1]
On 15th July 1940 at Murgon, Queensland, Peter was commissioned as a medical officer in the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War.[2] Attached to the 2/12th Australian Field Ambulance, he was deployed as part of Gull Force to Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies in 1941.
Captain Peter Davidson was a prisoner of war at Ambon during the Second World War.
Captain Peter Davidson died while a prisoner of war at Ambon during the Second World War.
He was killed during a 'friendly' air raid on 15th February 1943 whilst a prisoner of war on Ambon Island. At the time, Peter was the last Australian medical officer on the island, others having been transferred to Hainan (China).[3]
Sources
- ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #C473/1930
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: QX6476 (Q185274) Captain Peter McLean Davidson; accessed 21 Sep 2019
- ↑ Rolley, Ailsa. Survival on Ambon: Les Hohl's story of survival as a prisoner of war on Ambon Island during WWII. Ailsa Rolley, Queensland, 1994. ISBN 0-646-18615-9.
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Rejected matches › Peter George Davidson (abt.1894-1972)
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Categories: 2nd 12th Field Ambulance, Australian Army, World War II | Military Doctors | Australia, Doctors | Prisoners of War, Australia, World War II | Died while Prisoner of War, Australia, World War II