DAWES, Thomas Joseph
| Service Number: | 3768 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Golden Square, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia, January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Eaglehawk Public School, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Berks Cemetery Extension Plot 1, Row B, Grave 18 Headstone inscription reads: A mother's heart is buried with her dear soldier son, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3768, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3768, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3768, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
3768 Private Thomas Joseph Dawes, 5th Battalion A.I.F. killed in action at Hill 63 at Messines having volunteered for a bombing raid, 1st July 1916. aged 19 yrs 11 mths
Extract from his Roll Of Honour Circular at AWM;
'while on board ship he was very ill, thinking he was dying he wrote to his mother saying farewell, put it in a bottle, dropped it into the sea, 4 months after, it was found and sent to his mother in Eaglehawk, but he had arrived in Egypt safely'
Buried at the Royal Berks Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Belgium.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas and Maria Dawes of 71 Wattle Lane, Bendigo, Victoria formerly of Golden Square, Victoria; brother of Mrytle Maria Dawes and Nellie Dawes
Details from the Roll of Honour Circular says - While on board ship he was very ill. Thinking he was dying he wrote his letter to his mother saying farewell - put it in a bottle, dropped it into the sea. 4 months after it was found and sent to his mother at Eaglehawk, but he arrived in Egypt safely. Details from Mother.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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