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DAWSON, Michael Joseph

Service Number:	51342
Enlisted:	29 January 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 20th April 1918.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1895
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Natural Causes , 4 October 1949, aged 54 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Burial Details 6th October 1949 Roman Catholic Section Fawkner Cemetery.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

29 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51342, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 2nd General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 20th April 1918.
1 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 51342, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
1 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 51342, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Training Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 22nd Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK

World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France
4 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 51342, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain, Wounded in Action / Gunshot wound left thigh severe. Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
19 Feb 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 51342, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW Left thigh on HT Orca.
22 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51342, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW Left thigh

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Wife Mrs Evelyn Maud Dawson of 25 Balmoral Street East Brunswick Victoria (1919).