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DAWES, Hollis Roy

Service Number:	4499
Enlisted:	16 August 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Kiama. New South Wales., Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Dapto, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, Pas-De-Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt Plot III, Row B, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "TILL WE MEET AGAIN"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4499, 1st Infantry Battalion
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4499, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4499, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
10 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
3 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Caleb and Mary Ann DAWES, of Dapto, New South Wales.