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DEWAR, Henry Gordon

Service Number:	2110
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Burkenhead, South Australia, 28 October 1893
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Le Fevre Peninsula School
Occupation:	Hardware assistant
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 August 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea (HS Aquitania en route to England), Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Largs North Port Adelaide Sailing Club Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide
15 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2110, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2110 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-15

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Biography

Service Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal