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DOBSON, Leonard Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | 769 |
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Enlisted: | 23 March 1915 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex, England, December 1891 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Westbury School, Barking, Essex, England |
Occupation: | Sailor |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 769, 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 Private, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
5 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
16 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 769, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 769 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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