DOBBINS, William Edwin
| Service Number: | SX10657 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Lincoln, SA, 14 October 1902 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Burma, 18 December 1943, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Lincoln Enlistments Honor Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Dec 1940: | Involvement Private, SX10657 | |
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| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10657 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mrs. B. N. A. Dobbins, of Lewis street, Port Lincoln, has been officially advised that her husband, Pte. W. E. Dobbins, died of illness in Thai Camp on December 18, 1943. The news was received through the International Red Cross Committee at Geneva. Pte. Dobbins enlisted in November 1940, and left Australia about a year later. He was taken prisoner in Malaya in January, 1942, and was in a P.O.W. camp in Burma, but was later removed to Thai Camp. Prior to enlistment Pte. Dobbins followed the occupation of a waterside worker; he was also a prominent player for the Wayback football team. Besides his parents (Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Dobbins, of Proper road), he leaves a widow and four children. One son is serving with the A.I.F. in New Guinea.