Sydney Owen DAWKINS

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Other Name:	Owen, Sydney - Service Record - Alias
Service Number:	4262
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 16 July 1888
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 5 May 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section M2, Row 13, Grave 42
Memorials:

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4262, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4262, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4262, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
2 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion, Dismissed in England as a result of a General Court Martial held in France on 13 May 1918

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Son of John Charles Dawkins and Margaret Allen Dawkins nee Robertson of Punt Road, Prahran, Victoria formerly of Launceston, Tasmania.

On 29 March 1909 Sydney married Sarah May Venus in Patterson Street, Launceston, Tasmania but gave his marital state as a single man.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 June 1918 aboard HT Matatua disembarking on 15 August 1918.

Not eligible for medals