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Horace Gregory DAWSON

Regimental number6260
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressWilson Street, Albury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J Sherman, Townsend Street, Albury, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date4 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingCappy, France
Age at death21.3
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row M, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth jane Shirman DAWSON, Garfield, Victoria, Australia. Born at Benalla, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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