DOWSE, Albert Colin
| Service Number: | VX29809 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Castle, New South Wales, Australia., 18 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 7 April 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albury General Cemetery, NSW Church of England Sec. AB Row A Grave , Albury War Cemetery, Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Port Campbell War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX29809 | |
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| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX29809 | |
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX29809, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Albert is commemorated on Port Campbell Honor Roll.
Age Newspaper 11 April 1942 pge 9 Family Notices.
DEATHS On Active Service.
DOWSE.—On April 7, at Bonegilla Hospital, VX29809, Colin, dearly loved only son Albert and Winifred Dowse, brother of Yvonne, Valmai, Norma, loved grandson T. and L. Hansen, of South Yarra.— One of Rabaul's heroes.
DOWSE.—Tribute of love to the memory of my dear nephew, Colin, who died in the Bonegilla Hospital while on his way home from Rabaul. Interred at Alburyon April 8.—Inserted by his aunt, S. Christopher, Bridport street, Port Melbourne.
DOWSE.—A loving tribute to Colin Dowse, who died on his way home from Rabaul, loving cousin of Billy, Rose. - He gave his all.