Regimental number | 6868 |
Place of birth | Mount Cole, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Warrak P.O., via Ararat, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Alfred Otto Dadswell, Warrak P.O., via Ararat, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/12/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 66, 2 May 1918. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'During recent operations between 22nd and 30th September, 1917, on the POLYGON WOOD front, this man and Sapper Weir, working together as linesmen, laid and maintained a ladder line from our Relay Post between NONNE BOSSCHEN and POLYGONEVELD and the cable head of the Division on our left. The line ran across the most heavily shelled part of the area, and the fact that we were only out of communication with this Relay Post for about three hours in the lat 96 hours we occupied these Stations speaks volumes for his willingness to maintain communication forward of the Relay Posts but owing to intense enemy shell fire the lines were continually cut.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 66 Date: Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3137 Pte Stanley Alfred DADSWELL, 59th Bn, returned to Australia, 29 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | H.W. Dadswell, 'Diary of a Sapper', privately published |