DOHSE, Richard Roy
| Service Number: | 4282 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Dalkey, South Australia, 16 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Balaklava |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Balaklava, South Australia, 6 October 1973, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia Cremated - Eastern Niche Wall No. 1 |
| Memorials: | Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4282, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4282, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4282, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Machine Gun Company | |
| 13 Dec 1917: | Wounded GSW (buttock) | |
| 20 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 3 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4282, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Richard had two children with Jessica Swanson, Stanley Dohse and Ronald Dohse.
Richard was 15-18 years older then Irene and Stanley was about 10 years younger then her.
On the farm they had they grew barley, wheat and had sheep, as well as some chickens. Irene also had a vegetable patch. The farm was far from the rest of the town.
Biography
32 Battalion
Rank - Private
16 February 1917 – Disembarked at Devonport, UK
16 August 1917 – Transferred to the 23 machine Gun Company
13 December 1917 – Wounded in action gunshot wound to buttock and foot
21 December 1918 – Promoted to Corporal
10 May 1919 – Returned to Australia on board Wahehe
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
13 August 1919 - Discharged
Son of Julius Conrad and Alice Mary Dohse (nee Sampson). On 29 March 1922 Richard married Jessie Evelyn Swanson in the Methodist Church, Bowmans. Jessie died on 20 July 1934 at Balaklava, South Australia. On 2 October 1937 Richard married Irene May Gregory in the Maughan Church, Adelaide
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