Military Career
When World War I broke out in 1914, Davidson was the first professional hockey player to volunteer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He served with the Eastern Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Infantry, and attained the rank of lance-corporal. Davidson earned the respect of his fellow soldiers who wrote of his bravery and fearlessness. He once rescued a wounded officer while fighting in France, and one account of his death asserts that he was shot in the back and killed while attempting to carry an injured soldier to safety. Another held that he died while on a bombing raid after refusing to retreat until he had spent his ammunition. He was said to have used his final grenade to kill a German officer before being killed himself.
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