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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Davis
(first name): Ollie
(middle name): Burns
Date of birth
(month): September
(day): 19th
(year): 1894
Place of Birth
(town): Cleveland
(county): Russell
(state): Virginia
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: C.H. Davis
Birthplace (country): U.S.A.
Maiden name of mother: Mary An Fields
Birthplace (country): U.S.A.
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): The Glade, Baptist
Married: Yes
year: 1920
at: Graham Virginia
To (maiden name): Ethel Myrtle Couch
Born: Feb 16
year: 1898
at: Cleveland
Children
(name): Mabel Kimball Davis
Born: Nov 1
year: 1921
at: Cleveland
Children
(name):
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at:
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Fraternal Orders:
College Fraternities:
Previous military service or training: Eight Months
Education
(Preparatory): Public School
(College):
Education
(University):
(Degrees):
Occupation before entry into service: Farming
employer: Father
Residence before entry into the service
(street number): Cleveland
(town):
(county): Russell
Present home address
(street number):
(town): Cleveland
(county): Russell
(state): Virginia
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): July 16, 1918
at (place): Cleveland
as a (rank): Soldier Private
in the: Engineers
section of the :
Identification number: []
Assigned originally to
(company): E, Co
(regiment): []
(division):
(or)
(ship):
at (place):
Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Camp Humphrey
From (date): July 18
to (date): September 29
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Transferred to:-
Company: H
Regiment:
Division: 496
Ship: Great Northern
Date: Nov. 1
New Location: Hobokin
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Embarked from (port): Hobokin
on (ship): Great Northern
(date): November 9th
and arrived at (foreign port): Breast France
(date): Nov. 9th
Proceeded from : Breast
to: Angers
(date):
From:
to: Breast
(date): Feb 4th
From:
to: U.S.A.
(date): Feb 23
Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: U.S.A.
Place: Camp Humphrey
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date):
Participated in the following engagements:
Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits, including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): :
Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner:
Nature of casualty:
(place):
(date):
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Under medical care:-
Name of hospital: 8 days
Location: Camp Merit NJ
From (date): Oct. 20
to (date):
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
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on (ship):
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Dix, NJ
(date): March 6, 1919
as a (rank): Citizen
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Farming
If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupations::
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?: Very good
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Very Good
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Very Good Health
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: Not any
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?:
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?:
Photographs-- If possible enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated.
Additional data:
Signed at (place): Cleveland
on (date): October 29
year: []
(full name): Ollie Burns Davis
(rank): Private
(branch of service): Engineer
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
