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Ronald Rolfe DAWES

Regimental number34
Date of birth29 August 1892
Place of birthWaverley, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJeweller
Address66 Brougham Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, Albert Edward Dawes, 201 Victoria Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the 24th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentRandwick, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31488 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).
Recommendation date: 13 January 1919

FateReturned to Australia 8 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Peter Dennis
Discharge date25 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Devanah', 8 May 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 25 August 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: enlisted, 8 September 1941; discharged, 16 October 1945, as NX44467 Lance Corporal, 2/1 Guard Bn.
Miscellaneous detailsAlso embarked INF2REIN15. Year of birth (1903) on DVA Nominal Roll does not compute with age at death.
Date of death23 December 1972
Age at death80
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, DAWES Ronald Rolfe

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