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DOWSING, Albert Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 244 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, An original of B Company |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Humphray St State School & Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Draper's assistant |
Died: | Died of wounds, Alexandria, Egypt, 21 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave No. 24 |
Tree Plaque: |
Ballarat Avenue of Honour
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Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Choir Honour Roll, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 244, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 244, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 244, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 244, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 244, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head sustained at Krithia. Evacuated to Egypt where he died of his wounds at the 15th General Hospital, Alexandria on 21 May 1915. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stated to be have been wounded in the head between the 1-8 May 1915, but probably at Krithia on the 8 May 1915. He was evacuated to Alexnadria Egypt but died in the 15th General hospital there on the 21 May 1915.