DOBSON, John Frederick
| Service Numbers: | QX41286, Q119884 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 November 1984, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Nov 1941: | Involvement Private, Q119884, also QX41286 | |
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| 28 Nov 1941: | Involvement Private, QX41286, also Q119884 | |
| 28 Nov 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 28 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX41286, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 10 Dec 1945: | Discharged | |
| 10 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX41286, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
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John Frederick Dobson
Private John Frederick Dobson (Service Nos: QX41286/Q119884) enlisted in 1941 in the Australian Army and was attached to 112 General Transport Coy at Discharge on 10 December 1945.
John was born in 1921 in Brisbane QLD, the youngest of eleven children of Joseph Dobson (b1875 in Enoggera, QLD) and Ida Lenette Dinte (b1879 in Brisbane, QLD). Joseph (a Labourer) and Ida married in 1897 in Brisbane, QLD and raised their family in Hughenden, Bundaberg and Brisbane – Joseph was a Labourer, Boot Clicker, Mill Worker and Bootmaker.
John worked as a Labourer and in 1943 in Ipswich QLD married Hazel May Riddell (b1923 in Ipswich, QLD). Following his Discharge in 1945, John and Hazel settled in Ipswich where John was a Bus Driver. John and Hazel moved to Clontarf in QLD in 1960, where John was a Manager. Hazel had died in 1982 and John in 1984.
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