DAWES, Gladstone
| Service Number: | 4178 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Iona, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Garfield, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 June 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4178, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4178, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4178, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4178, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock | |
| 11 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4178, 58th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4178 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gladstone was born in Victoria in 1898 as Gladstone MORGAN to a Louisa MORGAN - no father listed
His Father was listed as Alfred Thomas DAWES & he married an Elizabeth Ann MORGAN in Victoria in 1902 who may have been related to his mother Louisa
He was Killed in Action in France on 17th June 1918 and is buried in the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension
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In Memoriam:
"Peaceful be thy rest, dear Glad
Tis sweet to breathe thy name
In life we loved you dearly
In death we do the same"
Inserted by his loving Mother, Brothers & Sisters
Biography contributed by Cora Jones
Gladstone was born in Victoria in 1898 as Gladstone MORGAN the son of Louisa MORGAN - no father listed. His birth certificate has him listed as Gladstone Morgan, but he assumed the surname of his father, Alfred Thomas Dawes and was never known as Gladstone Morgan apart from his birth certificate..
Gladstone was only 16 years of age when he enlisted. Gladstone's Father , Alfred Thomas Dawes married a Elizabeth Ann MORGAN in Victoria in 1902 who was Gladstone's mother's (Louisa Morgan) sister.
Gladstone was Killed in Action in France on 17th June 1918. He is buried at the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, III, AA 6.
In memory of Gladstone, his father Alfred built a house in the main street of Garfield, Victoria, next door to the original post office. He named the house Pozieres' House. This house was destroyed by fire sometime in the 1990's.
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