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DOW, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 781 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1914, Dunolly, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sebastopol State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 6, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Memorial Pillar, Dunolly Shire of Bet Bet and Dunolly Borough War Memorial, Dunolly State School Honor Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sebastopol WW1 Honour Roll |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 781, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Dunolly, Vic. | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 781, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 781, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 781, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 781, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 781 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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