Herbert Wilfred (Bert) DOBSON

DOBSON, Herbert Wilfred

    Service Numbers: 2068, 2068A
    Enlisted: 21 June 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Whitemore near Westbury, Tasmania, 19 January 1896
    Home Town: Ulverstone, Tasmania
    Schooling: Stott's Correspondence College
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, Battle of Messines, 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Underhill Farm Cemetery
    Underhill Farm Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 11), Ploegsteert, Belgium JA Lush Chaplain, Underhill Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2068, 40th Infantry Battalion
    23 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2068, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    23 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2068, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Melbourne
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 2068A, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2068A awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Sue Guinan

    Pte HERBERT WILFRED (Bert)DOBSON, 
    Born 19 January 1896 Westbury Tasmania to George and Charlotte Dobson (nee Hingston) a farmer who departed Melbourne 23rd September 1916 on board “HMAT Seang Choon” with the 40th Infantry Battalion.
    He died at the 3rd New Zealand Field Ambulance from wounds received at Messines and was buried Underhill Farm Cemetery, Belgium

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