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DOWDING, Albert

Service Number:	373
Enlisted:	21 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichardt, Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1883
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Leichhardt Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 5 June 1918, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot III, Row A, Grave 17
Memorials:	Leichhardt Public School WW1 Supplementary Honour Roll, Leichhardt War Memorial, Mosman Rowing Club Great War Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 373
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 373, 13th 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, 373, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 May 1915:	Wounded Wounded in action, left knee, at Quinn's Post.
2 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
30 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, at Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, while commanding a work party. He died six days later at the nearby 5th British Casualty Clearing Station.
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-06-05

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mr. R. L. and Jessie DOWDING.