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DOBBIE, Murdo McLaurin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 341 |
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Enlisted: | 9 March 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Footscray State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 February 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 1 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Presbyterian Church Honour Board, Nar Nar Goon Barnet Glass Rubber Company Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 341, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 341, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 341, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
22 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 341, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 341 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-22 |
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Murdo McLaurin DOBBIE was born in Footscray in Victoria in 1894
His parents were Henry DOBBIE & Elizabeth Jessie McKENZIE
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His brother Lieutenant Henry Stewart DOBBIE died of wounds on 7th August, 1916 - he was awarded the Military Cross