Senior Cadet: Robert McKinley DAVIE

33rd INFANTRY BATTALION

Senior Cadet: Robert McKinley DAVIE.

Private: 1766 Robert McKinley DAVIE 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery AIF.

Born: 1896 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:33707/1896.

Died: 21st August 1942. Callan Park Hospital for the Insane, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:22336/1942.

Father: Alexander Hunter Davie. (1855-1923)

Mother: Margaret Davie. nee: Ferguson. (1861-1923)

INFORMATION

Robert McKinley Davie served with the 33rd Infantry Senior Cadets for 4 years before he transferred to the Army Medical Corps prior to his enlistment with the AIF. Robert served with the 33rd Senior Cadet with his brother Roderick Charles Davie.

AUSTRALIA SENIOR CADETS COMMONWEALTH MILITARY COMPETITIONS, Brigade Competitions 1912-13 Champion Team. CADET R. Mc. DAVIE 33RD BATTN. Engraved.

The Competition was held at Sydney, 6-7 June 1913. K Coy 36th Battn was the Newington College cadet unit. An account of the presentation of medals stated that a parade of four companies of cadets, inspected by Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Wallack, C.B., District Commandant, took place on the Newington College grounds on Saturday afternoon 14 March 1914. The occasion was the presentation of gold medals, silver badges, and ribbons to the champion team in the Commonwealth series of military competitions.

Companies from areas 34A (Enmore), 35A (Marrickville), 36A (Stanmore), and 36B (Petersham) took part in the parade, and as the young soldiers wheeled, formed, re-formed, and after a variety of evolutions finally marched, colours flying and bands playing, past the District Commandant and his staff, the spectacle was not lacking in impressiveness, though, except for the winning company, the marching occasionally would have been none the worse for a little more drill.

Among those present were Lieutenant-Colonel Wallack, Lieutenant-Colonel Luscombe, A.A.G., Lieutenant Brown, A. and I. Staff, Colonel Cox, 8th Lancers, Colonel Pearce, A.F.A., Rev. C. J. Prescott, headmaster of Newington College, Captain Smith, Brigade Major of the 9th Brigade, Major: BUCHANAN, CO of 36th Battalion, Major Reddish, CO of 35th Battalion, Captain Caunt, CO of 34th Battalion, and the officers commanding companies. A large silver shield, presented by the British Australian Tobacco Company, was also won by K Company.

Robert enlisted with the AIF on the 22nd of November 1916 at the Victoria Barracks in Sydney

Family Information

Robert was a single 20 year old Letter Press Machinist upon his enlistment with the AIF.