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Harry Jack DADSON

Regimental number7418
Place of birthRidgeside, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressCaveside, via Chudleigh, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Charles Dadson, Caveside, via Chudleigh, Tasmania
Enlistment date22 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name8th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plow III, Row A, Grave No. 16), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Frances DADSON, Chudleigh, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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