DAWSON, John
| Service Number: | 2399 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uphill, Linlithgow, Scotland, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | influenza, bronchopneumonia, emphysema, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1934 |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2399, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2399, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 10 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 58th Infantry Battalion, Acting Sergeant 24/1/1918 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
86 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 3rd September 1934, Acting Sergeant John Dawson, 58th Battalion (Reg No-2399), boilermaker from 36 York Street, South Melbourne, Victoria and Gibson Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 48. GENERAL-33. 55.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134800985 - funeral notice states service.
Born at Uphill, Linlithgow, Scotland 1886 to William and Grace Dawson nee Maxwell; husband of Alice Dawson nee Sutherland (married 9.9.1910, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, died?) of 90 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC, John enlisted July 1916 with the 57th Battalion at Melbourne, Victoria.
Admitted to hospital 15.2.1917 (sprained left ankle, accidently injured), John returned home June 1919, being discharged on the 18th August 1919.
Inmate of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, N.S.W. 1928.
Mr Dawson had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so October 2016 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=31508#grave-photo-1
Cause of death - influenza, bronchopneumonia, emphysema.
An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted October 2018, but unfortunately this was declined November 2018.
Mr Dawson will be honoured with a plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Lest We Forget.
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