Percy John DAWSETT

DAWSETT, Percy John

    Service Number: 14
    Enlisted: 30 January 1915, Enlisted Sturt Street Depot Tatura Allocated to 22nd Bn by HQ Staff Broadmeadows Camp 7th May 1915
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dunedin, New Zealand, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Murchison, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Killed In Action, France, 4 October 1918, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy
    lot III, Row E, Grave No. 5
    Memorials: Murchison Primary School No. 1126 Memorial Gates

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    World War 1 Service

    30 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Sturt Street Depot Tatura Allocated to 22nd Bn by HQ Staff Broadmeadows Camp 7th May 1915
    9 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hobart embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
    9 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hobart A37, Melbourne
    11 Jan 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    24 Feb 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    27 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    8 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion
    4 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
    3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
    31 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
    8 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, AIF Headquarters, Posted No2 Officer Cadet Bn Cambridge UK to attend Officer Commissioning Course
    13 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, AIF Headquarters, Qualified as Second Lieutenant To remain as Cadet on the General List until posted to a Battalion
    29 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Posted to Reinforcement’s 22nd Battalion as a Second Lieutenant from General List AIF HQ UK
    4 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain, Killed in Action
    4 Oct 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-10-04

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