DOHLE, Edmund
| Service Number: | 2792 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tahara, Victoria, Australia, 22 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Tahara, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tahara State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Broodseinde, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot LIV, Row D, Grave 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Christ Church WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2792, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2792, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2792, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Hermann and Ernestine DOHLE
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edmund Dohle was the son of Hermann and Ernestine Dohle, of Tahara, Victoria, Australia. His younger brother, 565 Lce. Cpl. Alfred Dohle 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment had died of pneumonia in France on 30 July 1916, aged 28.
Edmund enlisted on the 17 November 1916, three months after his brother Alfred died of illness in France. On joining the Australian Imperial Force, it was certified that Edmund of German extraction had proved himself as a trustworthy citizen. A letter of recommendation from the Mayor of Hamilton, Victoria, Australia was given that ‘Edmund, had proved himself to be a loyal citizen and know of no objection with his enlisting in the AIF.’
Edmund arrived in England and did some bombing training before joining the 38th Battalion in Belgium a month before he was killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge.
He was initially reported as buried on the battlefield but his remains and identity disc were recovered during late 1920 by the Imperial War Graves, and his disc was sent to his family in 1921.
During 1918 the Adelaide Register reported, “The Mount Gambier Racing club has procured the honour shield ordered to commemorate the Dohle Brothers' win with Skyline, in the 1915 Winter steeplechase here. It is the custom each year for the winner of the Winter Steeplechase to present a shield, which is hung in the members room at the racecourse, but as the Dohle brothers were both killed fighting for their country in France before they could do this the club resolved to purchase one for them. Lce. Cpl. Alfred Dohle died of pneumonia in France in July 1916, while his brother, Lce. Cpl. Edmund Dohle, was killed in action on October 4, 1917. The shield is nicely designed, and bears an inscription similar to those that already adorn the walls of the members’ room. In addition, however, there is an ‘In Memoriam’ neatly inscribed on each side.”
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