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DAWES, Walter John
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX5409 |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Division Army Service Corps |
Born: | London, England, United Kingdom , 4 April 1919 |
Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Libya, 3 January 1941, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Column 94, Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, NX5409 | |
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3 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX5409 | |
3 Jan 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX5409, 9th Division Army Service Corps , Killed in action, attached to 16 Anti Tank Company. |
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