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Service Number 2634. Died of Wounds 4th November 1917. Beersheba, Palestine, Turkey.
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Dawson, Albert Edward (“Dick”) Service Number 2634
Died of Wounds 4th November 1917 Beersheba, Palestine, Turkey
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME Dawson, Albert Edward /known as “Dick”
SERVICE NO 2634
UNIT 1st Light Horse
RANK Trooper
AGE at Enlistment 31 yrs 6 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Glebe, Sydney, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 9 Nov 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Casula, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE Nil
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Henry Dawson, Walton Cres. Abbotsford, NSW (father died) Sister;- Miss Phoebe C Dawson / as above
Elder brother;- Mr Frederick William Dawson. Brother;- Alfred Charles Dawson, Bent St. Lindfield.
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’7”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-36”. Complexion-Sallow. Eyes-L Blue. Hair-Grey.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED Sydney 2 May 1916 per A20 “Hororata”.
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 3 Nov 1917-wounded Beersheba. GSW Groin.
DIED 4 Nov 1917- Beersheba, Palestine, Turkey.
BURIED Beersheba, Military Cem. By Chaplain H K Gordon.
MEDALS British War Medal-43955, Victory Medal-43475. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-337030.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 Pr Goggles, 1 sm leather bag containing 12 Aust. Badges, 1 Stud, 2 coins, 1 pencil holder, 1 collapsible cup, 4 sm charms, sea shells, 1 Tie pin, 1 whistle, 1 pen knife, 1 tin of photos, Post cards, 3 Turkish Railway tickets, letters & 1 sm comb. 2 photos in cardboard wrapper, 3 Collars, 2 Ties, 1 photo printing frame, 1 sheepskin jacket, 3 Balaclava caps. 1 muffler, 1 pr mittens, 7 pr socks 1 pr Gloves, 1 Shirt, 1 air cushion, 1 hair brush 2 hank’fs.
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Brother F W Dawson/Sister P C Dawson/Commonwealth Bank/Public Trus-tee/ Fiancée Edith Watson, “Woodcourt” Young St. Croydon.
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT Buried at Beersheba near the railway among the gum trees.
Sc Ancestry Born 1884 Glebe NSW (reg no 7224) Died 4/11/1917 Tel Khweifch | Parents Henry—1836-1918 & Phyllis Priscilla Burt 1847-1915
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