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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 Great War Memorial, Dunolly Memorial Pillar, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
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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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