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DAWSON, Albert Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1091 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Safe Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row E, Grave 12 Chaplain Dean Talbot officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1091, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1091, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1091, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Involvement 1091, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1091 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Bugler awm_died_date: 1915-08-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Annie Dawson of Woodburn Road, Lidcombe, NSW later of Bolton, England. Father of Albert Dawson, born 1911, of Old Farm Road, Stachford, Birmingham, England, Robert Dawson born 1914 died 1915 and Ivy Dawson born 1910
Albert and Annie were married in Bolton, Lancashire England on 16 April 1910
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Territorials
He served a 7 year apprenticeship with Chatswood Safe Company
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