Victor Sydney DOWSETT

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Service Number:	439
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Memorials:

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 439, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 439, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 439, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, In the field
26 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 439, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the leg and invalid to England on 29 August 1915
10 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 439, Discharged at the 3 Military District

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Son of Isabella Dowsett of 20 Wangaratta Street, Richmond, Vic.

24 August 1918 - returned to Australia on baord HMAT Ulysses

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citzen Forces and the Senior Cadets

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