Son of Captain Leyson/Lleyson Hopkins Davy, came to New Plymouth on the barque 'Amelia Thompson' in 1841; served with the Patea Mounted Rifles and was Corporal in the Taranaki Volunteers during the New Zealand Wars in Taranaki and Waikato; worked on railway surveys and at labouring jobs
Davy, Henry, 1831-
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Holman, Dinah, 1938- : Reminiscences of Henry and Ernest Davy
Date: 1923-1926, 1973, [1862-1866]
By: Holman, Dinah, 1938-
Reference: MS-Papers-8785
Description: Handwritten and typed reminiscences, recorded between 1923 and 1926, and in 1973, of the reminiscences of Henry Davy and his grandson, Ernest Cecil Davy. Henry Davy's reminscences are mainly of his service with Patea Mounted Rifles in Taranaki and Waikato during the New Zealand Wars. Those of Ernest Cecil Davy give a a detailed and vivid account of his life as a casual worker, sharemilker and timber worker in Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand; and include his war service with the 18th Reinforcements in World War I on the Western Front, where he was wounded. Also included are general notes on the Davy family, drawn up, apparently, by Ernest Davy. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (Photocopy) Provenance: Photocopy given to the donor by Jim McCallum, a retired prison superintendant, in Sydney NSW, who had in turn been given the photocopy ca 1980 by an unknown trainee prison guard. The donor recopied the documents and sent copies to the Auckland Central Library, the Waikato University, Puke Ariki and the Alexander Turnbull Library. Processing information: Access restriction and use conditions removed 5 December 2023 following information provided by the donor.