Harry James DAWSON

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DAWSON, Harry James

Service Numbers:	136, VP7449
Enlisted:	6 January 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1891
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Brind, Wall Q, Niche 342
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

6 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 136, 21st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 136, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

Date unknown:	Enlisted VP7449
Date unknown:	Discharged VP7449

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WW1

Enlisted: 6 Jan 1915 • Melbourne, Victoria
Embarked: 10 May 1915 • Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Tour of Duty: 9 Jun 1915 • Heliopolis, Al Qahirah, Egypt
First Australian unit to garrison Cairo, Aug 1915.

Death of brother Walter Dawson
28 Aug 1915 • Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

Embarked: 30 Aug 1915 • Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
First Australian unit to be torpedoed, 2 Sep 1915.

7 Sep 1915 • Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

8 Jan 1916 • Egypt
First Australian unit to be reviewed by the Prince of Wales, 18 Mar 1916.

Jul 1916 • Pozieres, Somme, France
Harry James Dawson reached the rank of Sergeant Major while serving in France in World War I.

3 May 1917 • Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France

4 Oct 1917 • Belgium

May 1918 • Europe

Returned to Australia: 30 Mar 1919 • Australia

Re-enlisted for WW2

Veteran Details
Name DAWSON, HARRY JAMES
Service Australian Army
Service Number VP7449
Date of Birth 11 Jun 1891
Place of Enlistment VIC
Rank Captain
Posting at Discharge Australian Instructional Corps
Prisoner of War No
Honours None for display

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