DEWSNAP, George
| Service Number: | 66 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915, An original of Headquarters staff |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66, 22nd Infantry Battalion, An original of Headquarters staff | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 66, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 66, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Awarded a Military Medal when on operations east of Ypres on 4 October 917, Sapper Dewsnap was one of a party which came under heavy shell fire when going up to the front. On seeing an NCO badly wounded he dashed out from cover under heavy fire, carried the wounded man to a place of safety, dressed his wounds and probably saved his life.
His brothers Brothers: 3071 Pte Claude Dewsnap, 8th Bn, died of wounds near Ypres 28 October 1917 and 3027 Pte John William Dewsnap, 59th Bn, was killed in action at Fromelles, 19 July 1916. A third brother 21738 Sergeant Joseph Henry Dewsnap Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia in 1919.