John DOCKRELL

Badge Number: S2050, Sub Branch: Unley
S2050

DOCKRELL, John

Service Numbers: 48, 1012, 3386
Enlisted: 8 March 1915, Mildura, Victoria
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 13th Field Ambulance
Born: Aldershot, England , 16 June 1865
Home Town: Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Painter
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 1 January 1932, aged 66 years
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Section: LO, Road: 9N, Site No: 4
Memorials: Mildura Cenotaph
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Sergeant, 48, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
6 Jan 1902: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1012, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3386, Mildura, Victoria
4 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Feb 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 13th Field Ambulance

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Biography

 Bugler in the Royal Engineers and Trumpeter in the Natal Carbineers, Telegraph Section New South Wales Engineers, B Battery Garrison Artillery two years