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DAWSON, Edward Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1444 |
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Enlisted: | 16 November 1916, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Hillgrove, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 March 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1444, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1444, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
16 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1444, Enlisted at Armidale, NSW | |
12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1444, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left shoulder |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Swan Dawson of Swamp Street, Hillgrove, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal