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LAWSON, William Michael
| Service Number: | 3795 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wandilo, South Australia, 20 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Wandilo, Grant, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mount Gambier, South Australia, 15 April 1947, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery Section LA, Plot 392 Interred on 15 February 1947 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3795, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3795, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3795, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Imprisoned Battle for Pozières | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3795, 10th Infantry Battalion |
Help us honour William Michael Lawson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Image No 17 on the RH Honour Board Mt Gambier Pictorial Roll of Honour
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Andrew Lawson and Isabella Kate Cecelia Lawson (known as Kate) nee Jordon of Penola, SA. Brother of Andrew John Lawson, Hilda Irene Lawson, Francis William Lawson, Alek Anderina Victoria Lawson, Annie Cecelia Lawson, Albert James Lawson, Mary Martieno Lawson and Ruby Muriel Lawson
On 22 August 1921 William married Dorothy May Howe in St Pauls Church, Mt, Gambier, SA. Father of Robert Melville Lawson, Richard Alan Lawson, Bertha Irene Lawson, William John Lawson and Norma Mary Lawson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Imprisoned at Gefangenlager, Dulmen, Westfalen, Germany, Repatriated to England in December 1918
Returned to Australia on 16 May 1919 aboard HT Armagh
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