Leslie DADSON MC and 2 Bars

Leslie DADSON MC and 2 Bars Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

DADSON, Leslie

Service Number:	222
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, For nine years before 1914 he served in militia units, attaining the rank of sergeant.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sidmouth, Tasmania, Australia, 6 March 1884
Home Town:	Bangor, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Bangor State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 5 May 1961, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Cremation Memorials, Location LAWN WALL, Number 100, Site A
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 222, 12th Infantry Battalion, For nine years before 1914 he served in militia units, attaining the rank of sergeant.
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 222, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 222, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
9 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
12 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Conspicuous gallantry under fire, enabling valuable services to be rendered.(Boursies on 9 April 1917)
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Cross and bar, Lagnicourt, 15th April, 1917, for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He took a small party forward and formed a protecting flank, personally directing their fire.
23 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 222, 12th Infantry Battalion
3 Jun 1919:	Honoured Military Cross and bar, The Battle of Amiens, Military Cross and 2nd bar For conspicuous gallantry near Lihons on 11th August 1918, while in command of his company in conducting the attack on a very strong enemy position in Auger Wood, which was full of machine guns.

Letters from the Front and ADB entry

LIEUTENANT L. DADSON, M.C. (1917, July 11). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved August 19, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50934090 Please read this enthralling letter from the front lines in France.

Also see Les Dadson's entry at the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dadson-leslie-5861

Submitted 28 March 2016 by Phillip Mahnken

Showing 1 of 1 story

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia