Regimental number | 858 |
Place of birth | Pine Road, Tasmania |
School | Pinewood State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, S H Dobson, Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted at the age of eighteen left Australia 26 Batt landed at Gallipoli Sept 21st. Left evacuation went to France as a Signaller until Feb 1918, then went into instructing school for six months and returned to Front and was killed. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Date of death incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 6 September 1918. |
Age at death | 21.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Assevillers New British Cemeery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 9), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 107 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel Hildreth and Emma Amelia DOBSON, Pine Road, Penguin, Tasmania |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DOBSON Morton Wilfred |