Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Brunswick, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Agnes T E Dobbie, 248 Albert Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Cross Recommendation date: |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 9), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 72 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Jessie DOBBIE, husband of Agnes T.E. DOBBIE, 'Warley', 183 Charles Street, Seddon, Victoria. Native of Footscray, Victoria |
Medals |
Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry. He led a bombing attack against the enemy who had counter attacked against the battalion on his right. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy and the counter attack driven back, some prisoners they had taken being recovered. He was wounded.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: |
Other details | Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |