DAWSON, Albert
| Service Number: | 1109 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 12 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Hyde Park, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | The Gordon Higher Grade Public School, Huntly |
| Occupation: | Sawmiller. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 September 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Hancourt British Cemetery, Hancourt, Picardie, France, Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1109, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1109, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 1109, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1109 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
13th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
He was 31 and the son of John and Jessie (McIntosh) Dawson of 8 Princess St; Huntly.; husband of Mary McArthur Dawson, of 52, Baker St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Embarkation papers- Labourer residing at 53 Riley St; Hyde Park Sydney.
He is one of five former pupils of the Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland who are remembered on the school war Memorial.
Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.
Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle.