John Dobbie URIE

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Service Number:	10903
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1889
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Memorials:

31 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 10903, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 10903, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide

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Son of George Urie of Pollockshaw Road, Glasgow, Scotland.

3 November 1916 - enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD, with the 11th Field Compe]any Engineers and with the rank of Driver.

1 March 1916 - Promoted to Sapper

15 October 1916 - Transferred to the 14th Firld Company Engineers.

24 April 1918 - wounded in action. Gassed. Invalided to England on 27 April 1918

5 March 1919 - commenced return to Australia on aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 1 May 1919

19 February 1920 - discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit.