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Herbert Frank DOSSER

Regimental number2356
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBenalla, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinFather, James William Dosser, c/o Thomson's Store, Benalla, Victoria
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 7 December 1916
Place of death or woundingCorbie, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 1), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James William and Georgina DOSSER, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: F.G. Cook, J Dosser, H Wallace, Norman McDowell, A McDowell, all died in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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