Reginald Henry (Rex) DABB

DABB, Reginald Henry

    Service Number: 393
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria
    Schooling: Camperdown Church of England Grammar School
    Occupation: Bank clerk
    Died: Died of wounds (POW of Germany), Germany, 26 September 1916
    Cemetery: Cologne Southern Cemetery
    Plot XV11, Row B, Grave 7
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Camperdown St. Paul's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Camperdown War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 393, 8th Infantry Battalion
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 393, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 393, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    26 Sep 1916: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-09-26

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Reginald Henry DABB was born in Colongulao, Camperdown, Hampden, Victoria in 1896

    His parents were William DABB & Lillian Jane WEISS

    Biography contributed by Bernard Metcalfe

    Reginald Henry (Rex) Dabb was born in Murtoa to William Dabb and Lillian Jane Weiss (VIC Bth 1896, No. 5609). His younger brother, Frederick William Dabb was also born in Murtoa (4 Jun 1898, VIC Bth 1898, No. 20976). At the time of Rex's death, his father had a drapery business in Camperdown. See Camperdown Chronicle, 9 Apr 1927, p2.

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