DWYER, Michael
| Service Number: | 794 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Kalgoorlie |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, 15 August 1873 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coachman |
| Died: | Shell Blast - Whilst Registering Ranges With A Salvaged Trench Howitzer, View Post, Abu Tellul, Palestine, 31 July 1918, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 794, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Kalgoorlie | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 794, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 794, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 794, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 31 Jul 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 794, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 794 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Writing to Mrs. Sarah Dwyer, 227 Piccadilly Street, Kalgoorlie, with reference to the death of her husband, Trooper Michael Dwyer, Lieut.-Colonel Thos. Todd, O.C; 10th. A.L.H. Regiment, says :— "It is with deep regret that I have to confirm the news already officially, conveyed to you of the death of your husband No. 794. Trooper Mic-
hael Dwyer, killed by a high explosive shell in Palestine on July 31, 1918.
Your husband was a member of the 3rd. re-inforcements to the regiment, and his services, both at Gallipoli and through-out the Sinai and Palestine campaigns, have been most constant and meritorious. His generous disposition, quiet heroism, and self-sacrificing devotion to duty, maintained throughout three long and trying campaigns, have en-deared him to all ranks, and made his name one that will never be forgotten in the regiment. All officers and other ranks wish to join with me in expressing our deep regret with you in your loss, and hope that you will be consoled in the knowledge that your husband died in the service of king and country.
Trooper Dwyer was buried by Chaplain Captain J. B. McDonnel, Catholic chaplain to the forces, in the presence of many of his comrades."
Source: The WA Record: 23 November 1918
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