Vernon Cyril DAWSON

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Service Number:	6303
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Cassilis, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Cassilis, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Location - VI.D.20, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Omeo Tongio West State School 3419 Roll of Honor, Swifts Creek War Memorial

23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6303, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6303, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
13 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 6303, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6303 awm_unit: 6th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-13

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