RAWSON, Alfred Ernest
| Service Number: | 3339 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Wagin, WA, 15 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse-breaker |
| Died: | Mount Lawley, WA, 31 July 1964, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3339, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3339, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3339, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3339, 3rd Divisional Train |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
He was the second of three children born to Alfred Rawson (Snr.), who was of Aboriginal descent, and Clara Welsh. His maternal grandmother was an Aboriginal woman from the Albany area.
Military Medal
'On 29th September, 1918, during operations South of BONY, whilst the Company was moving up to the Hindenburg Line, it came under heavy machine gun fire from close range. Upon reaching cover it was found that a man was lying wounded out in the open Private RAWSON rushed out under heavy enemy fire, rendered first aid, and brought the wounded man in to safety. Throughout the whole operation Private RAWSON worked continuously through heavy fire, both from enemy machine guns and artillery, carrying and attending to the wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115
Date: 10 October 1919
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