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DOBBINS, Joseph Jessop
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6401 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | New Hartley, Northumberland, England, 3 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes, South Australia, 14 July 1969, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AF/Path 18/55A |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6401, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Field Ambulance, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, 2nd Passchendaele , For valuable services under fire, while in charge of bearer squad, showing coolness and courage and marked devotion to duty (East of Ypres). | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Field Ambulance, Gas | |
| 13 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", 2nd occasion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 6401 | |
| 16 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6401, 3rd Field Ambulance |
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