Regimental number | 341 |
Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria |
School | Footscray State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 66 Cross Street, Footscray West, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Dobbie, 66 Cross Street, Footscray West, Victoria |
Previous military service | He was exempt from Compulsory Military Training. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Spelt Murdo McLaurin Dobbie on NR |
Place of death or wounding | Le Sars, Somme, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Adanac Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 101 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Jessie DOBBIE, 66 Cross Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother to Lieut Henry Stewart Dobbie who was wounded at Pozieres and died at Warloy Hospital from wounds. Won the Military Cross. |