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Stanley Gordon DAWSON

Regimental number3816
Place of birthAugusta, Western Australia
SchoolDingup State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressBalbarrup, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, William George Dawson, Balbarrup, Western Australia
Enlistment date8 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 September 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be Stanley Graydon Dawson on NR
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death22.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAveluy Wood Cemetery (Plot I, Row L. Grave No. 11), (Lanashire Dump), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William George and Edith Louisa Maria DAWSON. Native of Busselton, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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