DOBBIN, Leonard
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, 29 April 1868 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Solicitor and Notary |
| Died: | At home, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Vic., 7 January 1942, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 30 Jul 1918: | Involvement Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1918: | Embarked Australian Flying Corps (AFC), SS Gaika, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
LAWYER, SOLDIER,
GOLFER DEAD
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.
Lieut.-Colonel Leonard Dobbin, 73, died at his home at Beaumaris yesterday. He commanded the Sydney Rifle Regiment from 1911 until he was appointed In August 1914, to command the 1st Infantry Battalion, which he led at Gallipoli in 1915.
He was a joint founder and a life-member of the Royal Sydney Golf Club, and in 1927 he was appointed secretary of the Commonwealth Golf Club, Oakleigh. He was the senior partner in the firm of Dobbin and Spier, solicitors, of Sydney.
DEATH OF COLONEL
DOBBIN
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Dobbin, former senior partner in the Sydney firm of Dobbin and Spier, solicitors, died at his home at Beaumaris. Victoria, recently. He had lived In retirement for'several years. Lieutenant-Colonel Dobbin was born at Dublin in 1868.
He became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, and senior partner of the flrrn of Dobbin and Uther. Later, he became senior partner of Dobbin and Spier.
In 1914 he was appointed to the command of the 1st Infantry Battalion. A.I.F. He was joint founder and a life member of the Royal Sydney Golf Club, of which he was honorary secretary and treasurer for many years.
He is survived by Mrs. Dobbin and two sons, the elder of whom is serving with the R.A.A.P. in Canada.
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