- DAVIS, George Irvine

Narrative

As a child I remember George as a tall thin man who was an avid gardener and more often than not referred to as uncle George. He worked for the shire council in Cairns and in his spare time he remodelled jam and fruit tins into flower pots. He would cut them from the top down in strips approximately one quarter of an inch wide and of various lengths and then curl them using a key from a sardine or bully beef tin. He would then paint them in various colours, sometimes with butterflies and flowers on them. After they were planted with what ever seemed to be available, they would either be lined in rows on benches or hung as baskets. There was always a profusion of colour and a vast variety of plants in the garden.

George enlisted in the army Friday, 20 October 1939 in Cairns and was discharged Monday, 3 September 1945 with the rank of sergeant. His service number was QX3511

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth	23 Sep 1911	Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia

Death	7 Sep 1978	Atherton, Queensland, Australia

Occupation			gardener	1
	Event Note occupation comes from his daughter's marriage certificate			1

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	DAVIS, George Edward	12 Jul 1877	9 Jun 1957
Mother	McLEAN, Alice	22 Jul 1878	17 Jun 1967
Sister	DAVIS, Olive Margaret	5 Jul 1898	17 Dec 1958
Brother	DAVIS, Edward (Ned)	26 May 1907	26 Aug 1989
	DAVIS, George Irvine	23 Sep 1911	7 Sep 1978
Brother	DAVIS, Bert Huntley	28 Aug 1924	29 Oct 1992